SB 5725: Clarifying the application of the industrial welfare act and minimum wage act to airline cabin crews.

What this bill does

Excludes cabin crew employees covered by certain collective bargaining agreements from meal and rest break and wage payment interval requirements of the Industrial Welfare Act. Specifies that for any legal action for meal and rest break violations prior to the effective date of the bill, cabin crew employees may not collect fees, fines, or penalties, and only named plaintiffs may recover damages. Provides that certain hours worked by cabin crew employees covered by collective bargaining agreements are excluded from overtime pay requirements.

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Floor votes

• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 7, 2023
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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