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Sep 10, 2014

The New Comcast Decision: Not Hungry? No Meal Break Waiver Needed.

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California requires written waivers if an employee misses a second meal break, right? Not exactly, clarified the California Court of Appeal in Fayerweather v. Comcast Corp. Instead, a waiver only is needed if the employer makes an employee miss a second meal break and not if the break is voluntarily skipped. The court also reaffirmed that off-the-clock class actions require proof of a uniform, companywide policy that violates the law.

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