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The 2025 Annual Advanced Wage and Hour Conference was chock full of programming highlighting the latest and greatest in California wage and hour law.  Hosted by the Labor and Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, the conference gathered together attorneys, neutrals, judges and state agency staff in Pasadena for back-to-back panels full of insights.  Below, I highlight a few of my takeaways from the conference.

Employers have long argued the enforceability of so-called evergreen meal period waivers in California.  A recent ruling by the California Court of Appeal addressed the narrow issue of whether an employer and employee may lawfully agree in writing to a prospective, revocable meal period waiver for shifts between five and six hours.  In short, the Court said yes.