Overview - Meal/Rest Breaks

Topic

Meal and rest break compliance continues to be the source of a great deal of litigation for California employers. Understanding California's meal and rest break requirements are extremely important.

To comply with these rules, employers should do everything possible to communicate the legal requirements of California's employee break laws to nonexempt workers and must provide them opportunities to take meal and rest breaks.

This module discusses the meal and rests break requirements that California employers must meet.

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Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to...

• Demonstrate general knowledge related to meal and rest breaks
• Differentiate between paid and unpaid breaks and when they occur
• Successfully monitor scheduled employees to determine if breaks are or should be taken
• Be able to comply with and rest break law in a work environment

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ACTIVITIES

Reading: COURSE READER pp 117-125
Discussion:  Case Studies