OVERVIEW

California statutes pertaining to meal and rest periods for non-exempt employees are one of the more confusing topics in today’s business environment.

This course is designed to provide you with a practical foundation for understanding the law. It includes guidelines for how to properly create and administer your own meal and rest period policy. Or, if your company already has its own policy, then this information can help you to review your existing policy as well as the procedures and practices in “real life” daily operations.

By the end of the course, you will be informed about the laws so that you will be better equipped to assist your company in being California-compliant with meal and rest periods.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

Meal and Rest break laws continue to confound California employers with hourly-paid employees. Without a solid understanding of these specific requirements, your policies and procedures for your non-exempt employees can pose a substantial financial risk to your business.

Employers, managers, supervisors, and human resources professionals should have a sound understanding of these laws so that they can communicate the legal requirements to their hourly-paid employees. As well, they need to be well-versed so that they can provide non-exempt employees with the opportunities to take their entitled meal and rest periods.

By attending this training, employers and their leaders will have a working knowledge of California meal and break period requirements and help their companies to be compliant with the law.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Understand the basic requirements under California law pertaining to meal and rest periods
Review common violations by employers in attempting to follow the law
Enumerate the penalties and remedies for violations under the law
Review examples of recent settlements
Review best practices for compliance
Identify resources for further information about the requirements

AREAS COVERED

Effect of the California Supreme Court decision of Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Supervisor Court on Meal and Rest periods
Specific sections of the California Labour Code and the California Wage Order, both of which establish the requirements for meal breaks
Waivers and on-duty meal periods
Rest periods
On-call rest periods
Best practices for complying with the law

ABOUT SPEAKER

Melveen Stevenson is the CEO and founder of M.S.Elemental, LLC, a human resources and business advisory firm based in Los Angeles, California. As a certified HR professional with a background in accounting and finance, she helps companies to navigate the human resources “jungle” of compliance, human capital, and leadership challenges. In doing so, she empowers companies to strengthen their infrastructure from the inside out, specifically through leadership development, operations, training, employee engagement, and executive coaching.

Melveen speaks on key topics to empower companies with the latest research and best practices for increasing engagement, enhancing leadership presence, and optimizing diverse workforce groups. Over the last 18 years, Melveen has held leadership positions in human resources operations, supply chain, and talent management at international companies in food manufacturing, medical devices, and consumer products.

Melveen is certified through the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP) and the Human Resources Certification Institute (SPHR). In addition, she is certified in Extended DiSC® for individuals, pairs, and groups.