California employers breathed a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court's ruling that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts the state's Private Attorneys General Act.
A federal court appears to be the first to confront the question of whether California employers need to reimburse employees for remote work expenses even if they started working from home because of a government shutdown and not because of their employer's orders.
The Supreme Court of California has ruled that extra pay required for missed meal and rest breaks constitutes wages rather than penalties under the state labor code.
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