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CA Supreme Court: Meal/Rest Period “Premium Pay” Is Wages

On May 22, 2022, the California Supreme Court held in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. that premium payments owed by an employer to a non-exempt employee for missed meal/rest periods are “wages” and not penalties.  Thus, when those premium payments are owed but not timely paid, the…

Court Invalidates Wage Order Meal Period Waiver Rules for Healthcare Employees

Wage Orders 4 and 5 have long permitted employees in the “healthcare industry” who work longer than 8 hours in a day to voluntarily waive one of their two meal periods. However, on February 10, 2015, California’s Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled in Gerard v. Orange Coast…