Employees: meal periods.
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- Introduced
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Overview
This bill amends California’s labor code to clarify and expand meal period requirements for employees. It creates an exception for water corporations, allowing a meal period to be waived with mutual consent if the total work period is six hours or less. The bill also addresses meal periods for commercial drivers transporting nutrients and establishes specific exceptions for employees in the wholesale baking industry, motion picture industry, and broadcasting industry, particularly when covered by collective bargaining agreements. Finally, it provides an exception for employees in construction, commercial driving, security services, electrical, gas, and water corporations if they have specific collective bargaining agreements in place.
Key provisions
- Creates an exception for water corporations regarding meal period waivers.
- Allows commercial drivers transporting nutrients to commence a meal period after six hours of work under specific conditions.
- Expands exceptions for meal periods based on collective bargaining agreements in the wholesale baking, motion picture, and broadcasting industries.
- Provides an exception for employees in construction, commercial driving, security services, electrical, gas, and water corporations with specific collective bargaining agreements.
- Clarifies definitions related to ‘Commercial Driver’ and ‘Construction Occupation’.
Who is affected
- Employees in the water corporation industry
- Commercial drivers transporting nutrients
- Employees in the wholesale baking industry
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