No Break from Breaks in California: Break Premiums Are Wages and Can Give Rise to Wage Statement and Waiting Time Penalties – Publications
On May 23, 2022, the California Supreme Court issued a decision in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc., finding that meal break premium pay is considered wages for purposes of the California Labor Code’s provisions regarding timely wage payment and wage statements, and thus can support penalties for wage statement violations under Labor Code Section 226 and waiting time penalties under Labor Code Section 203. We have compiled immediate action items raised by the California Supreme Court’s Naranjo decision (as well as the 2021 Donohue and Ferra decisions), as well as a list of FAQs ...
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