California Labor Code

§ 512.1

LAB § 512.1 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)An employee directly employed by an employer shall be entitled to one unpaid 30-minute meal period on shifts over 5 hours and a second unpaid 30-minute meal period on shifts over 10 hours, as provided by Section 512.

(1)The employee may waive a meal period in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 512 and paragraph (D) of Section 11 of Wage Order Number 4 or paragraph (D) of Section 11 of Wage Order Number 5 of the Industrial Welfare Commission.

(2)On-duty meal periods may be provided in accordance with paragraph (A) of Section 11 of Wage Order Number 4 or paragraph (A) of Section 11 of Wage Order Number 5 of the Industrial Welfare Commission.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 845, Sec. 2. (SB 1334) Effective January 1, 2023.