Earlier this year, the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement adopted the meal period standards that the Court of Appeal announced in the famous Brinker decision. We covered that DLSE memo here.
So now that the California Supreme Court decided to review the Brinker case, what will the DLSE do?
Well DLSE just issued a NEW memo in which it rescinds its Brinker memorandum, here. In its new "rescission" memo, the DLSE strongly suggests it will continue to enforce meal period laws such that an employer need not force employees to take meal periods; it simply must offer them. (So, to DLSE, Brinker is gone, but not forgotten).
Good news for employers facing DLSE claims. But in court, this area of the law remains pretty muddy.
Hat tip to Storm and Wage Law.