Archive for waiting time penalties

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…

Missed Meal/Rest Periods Don’t Trigger Waiting Time Penalties

The California Court of Appeals recently ruled in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services that an employer’s failure to pay meal or rest period premium pay for an employee who is denied a meal period does not trigger derivative (a) waiting time penalties under Labor Code §203, or (b)…