meal breaks

Clarity to California's "Meal and Rest" Requirement Coming In 2012

October 06, 2011 19:28

As noted by our colleagues at http://www.californiaworkplacelawblog.com/, California’s highest court has scheduled oral argument in the Brinker Restaurant Corporation litigation, addressing the state’s meal and rest requirement, for November 8, 2011.  By rule, the Court must issue...

California Supreme Court Likely to Issue Ruling in Brinker Restaurant v. Superior Court Soon

Anthony Zaller
October 04, 2011 23:39

Today, the California Supreme Court set oral argument in Brinker Restaurant v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum) to take place on November 8, 2011. The Court typically provides a ruling on cases within 90 days of oral argument, so I expect a ruling very early in 2012. This case is the much anticipated...

Meal & Rest Break Waivers: The Subtext.

Attorney Frank Pray
June 24, 2011 17:51

There is text and there is subtext.  We know that there are job “rules” and then there are job practices.  The rules are the official policies and form the text.  The actual practices are those “implicit” rules, often contradicting the policies.  You break those implicit rules...

California Court of Appeal Holds Meal Breaks Need Only Be Made Available to Employees

Mark Askanas
February 07, 2011 17:38

             In Hernandez v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., 2010 Cal. App. LEXIS 1853 (2010), the California Court of Appeal issued a decision addressing the issue currently before the California Supreme Court: whether employers must ensure...

Federal Court Denies Certification Of Wage-Hour Class Action Against Joe's Crab Shack Restaurants

January 02, 2011 22:06

By:  Kara M. Maciel The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has denied certification of a class action against Joe's Crab Shack restaurants on claims that employees worked off-the-clock, were denied meal and rest breaks, and were required to purchase t-shirts...