On February 25, 2021, the California Supreme Court
decided
Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC
1
(
Donohue). In that case, the court held that (1)
employers cannot round time in the meal period context and (2) time
records showing noncompliant meal periods raise a rebuttable
presumption of a meal period violation. Accordingly, the
court s decision has significant implications for employers
who rely on time keeping systems that round time during employee
meal breaks.
California s meal period laws are governed primarily by
California Labor Code section 512 and the Industrial Welfare
Commission Wage Order No. 4. Pursuant to these regulations,
an employee is entitled to a 30 minute meal break no later than the
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About a year into the pandemic, the California Labor
Commissioner recently imposed fines on a Los Angeles fast food
franchisee. In doing so, the commissioner determined
that the franchisee fired four employees after the employees
reported they feared exposure to COVID-19 due to unsafe working
conditions. According to a press release, before their terminations, the
employees reported their concerns to their employer and to the
California Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the Los
Angeles County Health Department. The employees had also
participated in strikes related to the safety of their working
The European Commission has launched a six-week consultation with unions and employer bodies on how to improve working conditions for digital platform workers.
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This Article is Part 3 of our series on the amendments to the
Bermuda employment and labour legislation that will be coming into
effect on 1 June 2021.
This article will focus specifically on the introduction of the
Labour Relations and Trade Union (Consolidation) Act 2020
(
TULRCA) and the following primary changes to the
labour law:
The changes to the union
certification and decertification process
The establishment of civil
penalties
Introduction of a single Tribunal to
hear employment and labour disputes.
Union Certification Certification is the formal process by which a group