Two stories on the new episode of Employment Law This Week will be of particular interest to our readers in the health care industry:
California Health Care Workers Can Waive Breaks
California health care workers can still waive some breaks. In February 2015, a California appeals court invalidated an order from the Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) that allowed health care workers to waive certain meal breaks. The court found the order, which allowed the workers to miss one of their two meal periods when working over eight hours, was in direct conflict with the California Labor Code ...
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