My AB 879 Article; AB 879 Update

Members of the State Bar of California's Labor & Employment law section can read my article on AB 879 in the California Labor & Employment Law Review here. (p.18)

The Assembly Floor and Committee analyses of the bill are now available.

Support for the Bill has increased a great deal:

• California Conference Board of the Amalgamated Transit Union
• California Conference of Machinists
• California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
• California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
• California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
• Engineers and Scientists of California, IFPTE Local 20
• Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center
• Professional and Technical Engineers, IFPTE Local 21
• Terra Law, LLP
• UNITE HERE! AFL-CIO
• United Food & Commercial Workers Region 8 States Council

And opposition remains only with the California Chamber of Commerce (not informidable alone, to be sure).

On May 9, the bill passed out of Committee 6-2 (along party lines).

DLSE Revises Meal Period Regs Again.

The 15-day comment window on these revisions closes on May 25. The changes are not merely ministerial. (Is the DLSE opening itself up to a Cal-APA challenge?). Here are some of the changes.

• Removes language requiring on-premises meal period to have a place provided to eat.
• Removes requirement that employer make available meal period, only that workers be informed.
• Removes the poster requirement

There is more here from the Orrick firm.