California Supreme Court To Classify Missed Meals Payments
August 19th, 2015/By Admin/In Blog
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In 2006, the California Supreme Court agreed to decide an issue of great importance to California employers by granting review in the case Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
The case involved a misclassified store manager that included a claim for meal and rest period payments pursuant to Labor Code §226.7. At the Court of Appeal stage, it was held that the payment of missed meal periods was a wage rather than a penalty so that a three-year rather than a four-year statute of limitations applied.
Since Murphy, the California Supreme Court has granted review in several other cases that have struggled with the wage/penalty issue.
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