Plug Pulled On Another Automatic Meal Period Deduction Case

Courts continue to reject automatic meal period deduction cases and offer useful guidance to hospitals that have been plagued by such cases for years. (Camilotes, Megginson, Wolman). In White v. Baptist Memorial Health Corporation, the Sixth Circuit endorsed the use of policies to automatically deduct time for unpaid meal periods, finding that such policies do not, standing alone, violate the FLSA. The Sixth Circuit said in White that “if an employer establishes a reasonable process for an employee to report uncompensated work time the employer is not liable for non-payment if the employee fails to follow the established process.” 

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