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Cal. Labor Code § 551 (2026)

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Every person employed in any occupation of labor is entitled to one day’s rest therefrom in seven.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1953–2025 · leading case: Christopher Mendoza v. Nordstrom, 865 F.3d 1261 (9th Cir. 2017).

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Christopher Mendoza v. Nordstrom, 865 F.3d 1261 (9th Cir. 2017). · cites it 4× “” Section 552 safeguards that statutory entitlement by providing that “[n]o employer of labor shall cause his employees to work more than six days in seven.”

Christopher Mendoza v. Nordstrom, 778 F.3d 834 (9th Cir. 2015). · cites it 5× “Certified Questions We certify to the California Supreme Court the following three questions of state law that are now before us: (A) California Labor Code section 551 provides that “[e]very person employed in any occupation of labor is entitled to one day’s rest therefrom in…”

Martin v. Henderson, 255 P.2d 416 (Cal. 1953). · cites it 2× “" (Lab. Code, § 551.) "No employer of labor shall cause his employees to work more than six days in seven.”

Barnick v. Longs Drug Stores, Inc., 203 Cal. App. 3d 377 (Cal. Ct. App. 1988). “5 Labor Code sections 551, 552, 850 and 851.”

Clark v. QG Printing II, LLC (E.D. Cal. 2020). “2 Case 1:18-cv-00899-AWI-EPG Document 54 Filed 09/18/20 Page 3 of 38 1 Statements and Failure to Maintain Payroll Records); (vi) Labor Code §§ 201, 202, and 203 2 (Wages Not Timely Paid Upon Termination); (vii) Labor Code § 2802 (Unreimbursed Business 3 Expenses); (viii) Labor…”

Clark v. QG Printing II, LLC (E.D. Cal. 2023). “2 Page citations to documents on the Court’s electronic docket are to the page number in the CM/ECF stamp at the top 1 (Wages Not Timely Paid Upon Termination); (vii) Labor Code § 2802 (Unreimbursed Business 2 Expenses); (viii) Labor Code §§ 551, 552, and 558 (Failure to Provide…”

Clark v. QG Printing II, LLC (E.D. Cal. 2023). “…and 203 (Wages Not Timely Paid Upon Termination); (vii) Labor Code § 2802 17 (Unreimbursed Business Expenses); (viii) Labor Code §§ 551, 552, and 558 (Failure to Provide 18 One Day of Rest in Seven); (ix) Labor Code §§ 2698, et seq. (Civil Penalties Under PAGA for 19…”

Sevag Chalian v. Cvs Pharmacy, Inc (9th Cir. 2025). “These claims, originally asserted only by the Hyams plaintiffs, alleged violations of: (1) the 4 sick-days notice provision of California Labor Code § 246(i); (2) the rest-day provisions in California Labor Code §§ 551–552; and (3) the pharmacy-maximum- work provisions in…”

Sevag Chalian v. Cvs Pharmacy, Inc (9th Cir. 2025). “At the time, the Chalian/Cabrera suit included several claims common to the Hyams suit,1 but the Hyams suit asserted three PAGA claims the Chalian/Cabrera plaintiffs did not: violation of (1) the sick-days notice provision of California Labor Code § 246(i); (2) the rest-day…”

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