Highlights: An otherwise facially neutral policy of rounding meal period start and end times are noncompliant with California meal period laws where the policy sometimes resulted in underpayment of meal period premiums. Where records show noncompliant meal periods on their face, a rebuttable presumption of noncompliance arises. Employers should consider implementing a system, such as a drop-down menu, whereby the employee’s choice to forego a provided meal period is documented. On 25 February 2021, the California Supreme Court provided a long-awaited answer to the questions of whether Calif...