
Must I Stay Or Can I Go Now? New DLSE Guidance on California Rest Breaks
Published on January 8, 2018
DLSE issued updated guidance on rest breaks indicating employers may not require employees to remain on premises during breaks.
DLSE issued updated guidance on rest breaks indicating employers may not require employees to remain on premises during breaks.
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.
On December 9, 2014, the United States Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v.