Gerard v. Orange Coast Mem. Medical Center

**1227 *759 *446 The Labor Code generally provides that employees who work more than five hours must be provided with a 30-minute meal period and that employees who work more than 10 hours must be provided with an additional 30-minute meal period. ( Lab. Code, § 512, subd. (a) ; all undesignated statutory references are to this code.) An employee who works no more than six hours may waive the meal period, and an employee who works no more than 12 hours may waive the second meal period. ( Ibid. ) A wage order of the Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) permits health care employees to waive the second…