Labor/Employment
Jan. 28, 2011
Employers Get Relief From Break Suits
A new state law gives some employers more leeway in when workers should take breaks. It could curb lawsuits arising from unionized construction, security, commercial driving industries.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A new law taking effect this month could curb the wave of class actions over meal breaks by giving California employers in several unionized industries more flexibility in providing rests for workers.
Assembly Bill 569 makes unionized commercial drivers, construction workers, security officers and utility workers exempt from existing state law requiring employers to provide meal breaks at specific ju...
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