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Labor/Employment

Feb. 9, 2017

On worker rest-day issue, Nordstrom may have racked up victory

In interpreting an 1893 statute on what defines a work week, the state Supreme Court Tuesday looked inclined to agree with Nordstrom Inc. that its employees may work up to 12 consecutive days, and need not take a day off following six days of work.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

In interpreting an 1893 statute on what defines a work week, the state Supreme Court Tuesday looked inclined to agree with Nordstrom Inc.that its employees may work up to 12 consecutive days, and need not take a day off following six days of work.

"My reading is that the wage orders support your argument," said Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye to Nordstrom lawyer Julie A. Dunne, shareholder ...

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