12/14/2004

Guv Tries to Terminate Lunch Breaks

Or at least flex their scheduling. The Contra Costa Times reports.

The regulations would give employees leeway to schedule a lunch during the sixth
hour of work. Companies could help meet the lunch requirement if "the employer
informs an employee of the circumstances under which the employee is entitled to
a meal period and the employee acknowledges in writing that he or she
understands those rights." * * *The new rules would also reduce the time period
in which a worker could file a legal complaint from three years to one.

The nurse labor issue in Fresno continues, the Fresno Bee reports.