California Court of Appeal
Gerard v. Orange Coast Memorial Med. Center, 048039
In a putative class and private attorney general enforcement action brought by care workers against their hospital employer for alleged Labor Code violations and related claims, primarily contending the hospital illegally allowed its health care employees to waive their second meal periods on shifts longer than 12 hours, the previous Court of Appeals' ruling in favor of plaintiffs is reversed where, in light of the enactment of Statutes 2015, chapter 506, the order of the Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) that authorizes employees in the health care industry to waive one of those two required meal periods on shifts longer than 8 hours, is valid.
Appellate Information
- Published 2017/03/21
Judges
- THOMPSON
Court
- California Court of Appeal