Founders have finite bandwidth, and in the early days, employment law compliance rarely feels as urgent as fundraising, product development, and building out the team. But the choices you make as you scale from 0 to 25 employees can have outsized consequences later—particularly when it comes to hiring, pay practices and leave obligations, and basic…
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Pro-Employer Ruling by California Court of Appeal Upholds Prospective Meal Period Waivers
California employers scored an important win last week when the California Court of Appeal enforced an employee’s “standing” prospective meal period waiver. That decision, in Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc., confirmed that meal periods for shifts between five and six hours can be “waived by mutual consent” even in a prospective (i.e., forward-looking) waiver. Procedural…
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