IN THIS ISSUE:

*California DLSE: Employers Must Make Meal & Rest Breaks Available, Need Not Ensure Employees Take Breaks - And Yet Another Court Agrees

*California Supreme Court Confirms Non-Competes Are Unenforceable In California, Eases Requirements On Releases

*NLRB Strikes Down Firing of Employee Who Breached An Illegal Confidentiality Provision

*NEWS BITES:

..Grocery and Drug Stores Pay $18.5 Million To Settle Employees' Claims of Untimely Wage Payments

..Employer Justified In Terminating Employee Suspected of Misusing Medical Leave

..Employee Discriminated Against For Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization May Have A Claim

..California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in "Stray Remarks" Case, Stays Appellate Court Ruling

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