Labor/Employment
May 9, 2017
State high court seeks to put to bed rest day feud
The state Supreme Court clarified Monday a 114-year-old employee rest day law it wrote was "manifestly ambiguous," but the justices arguably kept some ambiguity in navigating it.
By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The state Supreme Court clarified Monday a 114-year-old employee rest day law they considered "manifestly ambiguous," but the justices arguably kept some ambiguity in navigating it.
Justice Kathryn Werdegar authored a 7-0 opinion that employers must give full-time, non-exempt workers a day off for each seven-day workweek, but need not provide a day off every seven days on a rolling basis.
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