It is confirmed that California health care industry employers may have certain employees (i.e. nurses, therapists, physician assistants, technicians) waive one of their two meal periods even if they are working shifts exceeding twelve hours.
On December 22, 2016, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc., holding that employers must provide duty-free rest breaks by “reliev[ing] their employees of all duties and relinquish[ing] any control over how employees spend their break time.”
In an important and highly anticipated decision for California employers, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the California Supreme Court in upholding the 2014 Iskanian rule (Iskanian v. CLS Transp.
The Supreme Court of California recently held that security guards who were required to be “on-call” as part of their security duties were entitled to compensation for their on-call time. CPS Security Solutions, Inc. (“CPS”) provided 24-hour security for its clients’ construction sites. During weekdays, officers assigned to the construction site were required to patrol for one eight-hour shift, be on-call for an additional eight-hour shift and then were off duty for the final eight...