Labor/Employment
May 30, 2012
Oil refineries face unusual twist to meal-and-rest cases
Many employers in California have been hit with meal-and-rest litigation, but several lawsuits against oil refineries have highlighted an area where the law continues to be hazy: long shifts for on-call emergency workers.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When the Legislature enacted a law 11 years ago allowing employees to recover extra pay if they were forced to work through their meal periods, they may not have considered workers like those who monitor California's oil refineries.
Refinery employees can work long shifts in which they are on-call yet have access to comfortable break rooms to eat and rest. But since they may never be officially o...
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