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Automotive and Transportation

January 2011

What Is the Story With the Meal Period Law and These Crazy Class Actions?

This article appeared in Caltrux, January 2010. Posted with permission.

Crazy is a polite term to describe the mayhem that has occurred in California over the last several years related to meal period laws. The law says employers must “provide” meal periods. For a while, the California labor commissioner and courts took the position that “provide” means “require.”

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