Labor/Employment
Dec. 13, 2005
Meal Break Violations Held to Shorter Statute of Limitations
Focus Column - By Rod M. Fliegel - On Friday, Dec. 2, Christmas may have come early for some California employers with the issuance of the 1st District Court of Appeal's opinion in Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Productions Inc. , 2005 DJDAR 13877, holding that the one-hour-of-pay remedy for meal and rest period violations in the Wage Orders and Labor Code Section 226.7 is a penalty, not wages. As such, these claims have a one-year, rather than three- or four-year, statute of limitations.
By Rod M. Fliegel
On Friday, Dec. 2, Christmas may have come early for some California employers with the issuance of the 1st District Court of Appeal's opinion in Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Productions Inc., 2005 DJDAR 13877, holding that the one-hour-of...
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