Feb. 16, 2017
Top Appellate Reversal: Augustus v. ABM Security Services
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The debate over what constitutes a rest break in California paints a seemingly bright line rule against employers requiring employees to remain on call during paid rest breaks.
Such was the case in the outcome of Augustus v. ABM Security Services Inc., 2016 DJDAR 12608, where Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar of the state Supreme Court issued a 5-2 opinion that employers cannot interrupt workers' rest breaks by a call, text message or any other form of commun...
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