Employers Should Review Their Wage Statement and Break Period Practices to Ensure Compliance with California Wage Statement and Break Period Law
By Thomas G. Thornton – June 2023
A pair of significant recent California court decisions have clarified two areas of law that regularly feature in wage and hour disputes, namely, claims of wage statement and break period violations. California law imposes strict requirements on what information must be included in an employee’s wage statements. In addition, employers must ensure that employees are afforded the meal and rest periods provided by law. A failure to comply with these requirements can be costly. The recent decisions in the case of Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. clarify the law related to the penalties that can be awarded to employees for wage statement and break period violations and underscore that employers should review their current practices in these areas to ensure they are compliant with law.
