Meal and Rest Breaks

New and Updated

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Hours Worked: Colorado

  Updated to reflect developments concerning rest breaks for agricultural employees, effective June 25, 2021.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Colorado Repeals Rest Break Flexibility for Agricultural Employees

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Hours Worked: Pennsylvania

  Updated to include information on a Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruling regarding mandatory security screenings and de minimis time.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Hours Worked: Washington

  Updated to reflect administrative guidance regarding travel time, waiting time and on-call time and show-up time / reporting time, issued July 19, 2021.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Hours Worked: Minnesota

  Updated to reflect forthcoming amendments regarding lactation accommodations.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Hours Worked: California

  Updated to include information on a Supreme Court of California ruling regarding the premium for failing to provide required breaks.

• Date:

  July 19, 2021

  Type:

  News

  California Supreme Court Ruling Raises Cost of Missed Meal and Rest Breaks

  The one-hour premium owed to employees for missed meal, rest or recovery breaks must include not just their hourly wages, but also any other nondiscretionary payments, the Supreme Court of California ruled in Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel.

• Date:

  March 2, 2021

  Type:

  News

  Rounding Meal Breaks Will Prove Costly in California

  Employers may not round employees' time punches when they clock in and out of meal breaks, the Supreme Court of California ruled in Donohue v. AMN Services.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Meal and Rest Breaks Handbook Statement: Colorado

  Updated threshold, statement and guidance to reflect the Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards (COMPS) Order, effective January 1, 2021.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  California Rest Break Exemption for Private Security Officers Takes Effect