Tag: meal and rest break

Avoid Costly Wage-and-Hour Mistakes with Nonexempt Employees
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Posted in Exempt/Nonexempt

Avoid Costly Wage-and-Hour Mistakes with Nonexempt Employees

Nonexempt or “hourly” employees must be paid for all hours worked. But what if a nonexempt employee answers a work text after hours? Or skips…

Read This Before Your Friday Halloween Party
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Posted in Compensation Discrimination

Read This Before Your Friday Halloween Party

Since Halloween falls on a Friday this year, employees might find themselves in a celebratory mood, and some employees may feel — because it’s a…

Register Now for California Meal and Rest Break Rules Webinar
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Posted in Meal and Rest Break

Register Now for California Meal and Rest Break Rules Webinar

Can employees working shifts of six hours or less sign written prospective (or “blanket”) meal waivers? Since employees don’t clock out for rest breaks, how…

Level Up Your HR Skills at HR Boot Camp
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Posted in General

Level Up Your HR Skills at HR Boot Camp

Can you let a new employee start working while their drug test or background check is pending? Do you know when meal break premiums are…

Prospective Meal Period Waivers Are Valid
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Posted in Meal and Rest Break

Prospective Meal Period Waivers Are Valid

In a recent case, a California Court of Appeal handed employers a rare win, finding nonexempt employees’ written prospective meal waivers — meaning employees signed…

Meal Break Timing: OK to Provide Early in Work Shift
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Posted in Meal and Rest Break

Meal Break Timing: OK to Provide Early in Work Shift

We have an employee who is scheduled to work an eight-hour shift and routinely clocks out for his meal break after working only two hours….

Timing of Meal Breaks Can Avert Strict Liability for Violations
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Posted in Meal and Rest Break

Timing of Meal Breaks Can Avert Strict Liability for Violations

Our employees start work at 8 a.m. The owner of the company requires that meal breaks start at 1 p.m. While I have told him…