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 Memorial Medical Center that these provisions of… Read More
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Store Manager Loses Exempt Status by Performing Nonexempt Duties
On May 23, 2013, the California Court of Appeal ruled in Heyen v. Safeway that a store manager lost her exempt status by simultaneously performing exempt and nonexempt duties. The plaintiff in this case, Linda Heyen, worked for Safeway as an Assistant Store Manager. Â Safeway classified Ms. Heyen as an “exempt” executive employee, which made… Read More
