Tag: meal breaks
Upcoming Webinar Clarifies Often Misunderstood Meal and Rest Break Rules
HRWatchdog May 13, 2021
Is your company following California’s precise meal and rest break requirements? It’s easy to violate the law without realizing it. “Meal breaks have nothing to…
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Premium Pay Penalty Due When Employee Given Late Meal Break
Ellen Savage, J.D. April 23, 2021
Yesterday our store was very busy, so I could not let my employee leave for a meal break until very late in the day. Do…
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Could Lack of Meal, Rest Break Policy Violate California Law?
HRWatchdog August 26, 2019
When a litigant raises an entirely new issue that has no direct precedent, the court can ask the California Supreme Court how it would rule…
Recent CalChamber Podcasts on Common Employer Problems: Misclassification, Breaks
HRWatchdog June 14, 2019
The latest two episodes of The Workplace, a CalChamber podcast, deal with common issues employers face — misclassifying workers and not following meal and rest…
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Rest Assured, Our February 21 Webinar Provides Clarity
HRWatchdog January 31, 2019
Think it’s OK in California if a nonexempt employee occasionally misses a meal break or takes a late lunch? What about letting that employee combine…