This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. addresses Palacio v. Jan & Gail's Care Homes, Inc., in which the California Court of Appeal held that a policy at a residential care facility for developmentally disabled individuals, requiring employees to waive their right to an uninterrupted meal period, did not violate wage and hour laws common to the class members under the California Labor Code and Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order No. 5-2001. The court denied class certification in the action, ruling that the 24-hour residential care facility did not need to inform employees that they could revoke a required waiver of their right to uninterrupted meal periods.