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Employer Responsibilities Rest and Meal Break

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

California Supreme Court Finds Good Faith Defense For Employers

When is an employer’s violation of providing employees with wage statements knowing and intentional, triggering financial penalties? Taking its second look at the case, the California Supreme Court ruled that an...more

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New York State 2024-2025 Budget Impact on Employers

On April 20, 2024, New York legislators approved the New York State 2024-2025 Budget. The Budget included three amendments to New York Labor Law affecting all New York employers....more

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Keeping the Faith: Employer's Good Faith Belief Prevails

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In a rare victory for employers, the California Supreme Court unanimously held in Naranjo v. Spectrum Sec. Serv., Inc., S279397 (Decided 6 May 2024) that an employer’s “objectively reasonable, good faith belief” that it has...more

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OSHA Advancing Indoor and Outdoor Heat Illness Rule With Small Business Review

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As temperatures soar in many areas of the country, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) continues to move forward with a heat illness standard for indoor and outdoor employers. OSHA has notified the...more

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Heat and Smoke: New Rules for Oregon Employers

Summer in Oregon has officially arrived and, at least in the Portland Metro area, it did so not with a polite knock on the door, but with a string of 90-degree days. As the season continues to roll out, and with the...more

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California Supreme Court Raises the Stakes (Again) on Meal and Rest Break Law by Adding Derivative Penalties

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Highlights of Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. Premium pay - the additional hour of pay non-exempt employees are entitled to if their employer fails to provide them with timely, full, and uninterrupted meal and...more

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Amendments to Bermuda’s Employment Act Come into Force

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Part 2: Statements of employment, statements against bullying and sexual harassment, new entitlements and other changes to Bermuda’s Employment Act 2000 - On 1 June 2021, various changes to Bermuda’s Employment Act 2000...more

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Bad News For Employers: The California Supreme Court Disallows Rounding Meal Periods And Creates A Presumption That The Meal...

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Background: Under California law, employers must provide non-exempt employees with one 30-minute meal period that begins no later than the end of the fifth hour of work and another 30-minute meal period that begins no...more

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California Supreme Court: Employee Time Punches Are Presumptive Evidence of Meal Period Compliance

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California’s Supreme Court issued an opinion today that will likely further increase employers’ risk of class action lawsuits arising out of meal periods. The court made two significant holdings: 1. While employers are...more

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