Award For Overtime Pay Upheld At Safeway Supermarkets.

After plaintiff was terminated by a grocery chain store, she brought an action to recover unpaid overtime pay because she regularly spent more than 50 percent of her work hours doing nonexempt tasks. The trial court entered judgment awarding her $26,184.60 plus interest for overtime pay. The supermarket appealed, contending the trial court failed to account for hours spent simultaneously performing exempt and nonexempt tasks. The appellate court affirmed, rejecting the supermarket’s argument that any time spent simultaneously performing exempt and nonexempt duties should be considered to fall on the exempt side of the ledger. Heyen v. Safeway Inc.  (Cal. App. Second Dist., Div. 4; May 23, 2013) 216 Cal.App.4th 795.