California-Based Flight Attendants Are Protected By California's Overtime And Meal/Rest Break Standards - Employment and HR
While the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Bernstein v. Virgin America, Inc., et al., ___ F.3d ____, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 5197 (9th Cir. Feb. 23, 2021), gave some wins to the airlines, air carriers employing California-based flight crewmembers must, as a practical matter, now abide by the state's stringent wage and hour laws – even if the crewmembers in question perform most of their work out of state. Background Bernstein is a class action brought by flight attendants for Virgin – a former California-based carrier – who alleged that the carrier violated California's wage and hour la...
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