Meal Break Win in Third Circuit Gives Employers Reason to Be Thankful for More Than Thanksgiving Meals

Although the turkey (and leftover turkey sandwiches) are all gone, employers within the Third Circuit have reason to extend the Thanksgiving celebration given a recent decision affirming the dismissal of a collective action complaint alleging unpaid meal breaks. Just two days before Thanksgiving, in Babcock et al. v. Butler County, the majority of a divided panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals announced its decision to join many of its sister Circuit Courts of Appeals in adopting the “predominant benefit” test in deciding the compensability of a meal break.

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