Labor/Employment
Feb. 18, 2006
Clear Majority on the Courts Says Pay Recovery Is Penalty
Focus Column - By Steven B. Katz - A consensus of sorts has emerged to settle one of the most hotly contested issues in California wage-hour law: whether the "additional hour of pay" owed to an employee under Labor Code Section 226.7 who has been denied required rest or meal breaks is a wage or statutory penalty.




By Steven B. Katz
A consensus of sorts has emerged to settle one of the most hotly contested issues in California wage-hour law: whether the "additional hour of pay" owed to an employee under Labor Code Section 226.7 who has been denied required rest or meal...
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