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• concluding that modification of compensation structure could establish good faith defense, even though legal interpretation that employer received was later rejected
• concluding that modification of compensation structure could establish good faith defense, even though legal interpretation that employer received was later rejected
• “[T]he most appropriate standard for compensability is a ‘flexible and realistic’ one where we determine whether, on balance, employees use mealtime for their own, or for their employer’s benefit.”
• employees were free to leave their worksite during meal periods and only 27% of the total number of meal periods occurring in 14 separate shifts were interrupted by emergency calls
• employees were free to leave their worksite during meal periods and only 27% of the total number of meal periods occurring in 14 separate shifts were interrupted by emergency calls
• adopting the “flexible and realistic” standard in Hill

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