Schwarzenegger Administration Proposes Emergency Regulations to Clarify Meal and Rest Period Rules

California requires employers to provide employees with unpaid meal periods and paid rest periods. Several important controversies have arisen under those requirements. On December 10, 2004, the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (“DLSE”) filed emergency regulations with the California Office of Administrative Law addressing and clarifying those controversies.

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