Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court
Aug. 16, 2024
Public employers exempt from some labor laws, justices decide
"We conclude the Legislature intended to exempt public employers such as the hospital authority from Labor Code provisions governing meal and rest breaks and related statutes governing the full and timely payment of wages," Justice Carol A. Corrigan wrote for a unanimous state Supreme Court.
Public employers are exempt from lawsuits for wage and hour violations as well as claims under the Private Attorneys General Act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a reversal of a 1st District Court of Appeal decision.
The case pitted two health care workers against Highland Hospital, part of the Alameda Health System, or AHS, which was authorized to be created as a public agency by the state Legislature. The plaintiffs said the hospital did not provide meal and rest brea...
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