Under California law, employers generally must provide employees working more than five hours in a day with a meal period. These meal periods must be at least 30 minutes, duty-free, and.
California Court of Appeal decision in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc. affirms Labor Commissioner standard for employers to allow employees to leave during 30-minute, duty-free, sustained meal periods. Clarifies Labor Code and Industrial Welfare Commission wage orders.