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May 5, 2007
Employers Must Comply With State Laws on Meal Breaks, Rest Periods
Employment Column – By D. Gregory Valenza - Employers must schedule meal periods and rest breaks with care. The Supreme Court’s decision in Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Productions will increase drastically their potential liability for missed breaks.
By D. Gregory Valenza
California employers must furnish employees with both rest periods, which are paid, and meal periods, which are not paid. These requirements first appeared in the Industrial Welfare Commission's Wage Orders in 1916. But in 2000, the Legislature imposed on employers significant financial consequences for failure to comply with rest and meal period laws....
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