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New Chipotle Decision Holds That California Employers Need Only Make Meal And Rest Breaks Available

By Michael Kun

Employers with operations in California continue to await a ruling from the California Supreme Court on the question of whether employers must “ensure” that meal and rest breaks are taken, or merely make them “available.”

The issue has long been before the Court in the similarly-named Brinker and Brinkley cases, and will turn largely on a single question: what does the word “provide” mean.

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