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Providence found liable for $7.2 million in underpaid wages and failure to provide second meal breaks to thousands of hourly caregivers.

California Supreme Court, employers must ensure that they list meal period and rest break premium pay on employees’ wage statements and timely pay all premiums upon separation of employment, failure could lead to liability and may lead to substantial penalty amounts

California Supreme Court decision clarifies that meal and rest period premium pay constitutes wages, and resolves the important questions of whether such pay can be a basis for waiting time and wage statement penalties. Penalties not automatic, it requires willful violation