In Gerard v. Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, the Court of Appeal held that an order of the Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) authorizing employees to waive one of their two meal breaks, statutorily-guaranteed by virtue of working at least a 12-hour shift, was valid and did not contravene a Labor Code Provision.

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