California Supreme Court settles pay rate for missed meal, rest and recovery periods

The California Supreme Court recently addressed what the proper rate for paying missed meal, rest, and recovery periods is under California state law. The California Supreme Court concluded that the rate must be calculated using not only the employees’ base hourly rate but also a proportionate share of nondiscretionary payments, thus increasing the rate. This ruling has been applied retroactively by the court.

Background

Under California’s Labor Code, Section 226.7(c), employers are required to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-supreme-court-settles-pay-rate-for-missed-meal-rest-and-recovery-periods

The Daily Dash: Missing driver medical exams; surging freight rates

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, a federal watchdog has said that as many as 780,000 truck driver medical examinations may not be in the federal database. Plus, freight rates continue to surge and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans another study on providing more sleeper berth flexibility.

Missing medical records

A seven-month outage of a medical examiner registry maintained by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...

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