Legal Opinion
Esparza v. Safeway, Inc.
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided June 10, 2019No. B287927PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtManella, P. J.
*46INTRODUCTION
Respondents Safeway, Inc. and The Vons Companies, Inc. (collectively Safeway) formerly maintained a policy or practice of failing to pay statutorily required premium wages when, if ever, Safeway violated its duty to provide employees meal periods. Safeway's duty was not to police meal breaks to ensure that no employees skipped them, but only to free employees from obligation and control, without impeding or discouraging them from taking their breaks. ( Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (2012) 53 Cal.4th 1004, 1039-1041, 139 Cal.Rptr.3d 315, 273 P.3d 513.) If Safeway did…
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