Partner John Douglas said the California Supreme Court’s opinion in Brinker International Inc. v. Superior Court should make it easier for employers to adopt and observe clearly compliant rest break policies. He added that the opinion’s newly clarified standards for providing meal periods to employees favors the employer community by making meal break class actions more difficult to certify.
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