9th Circuit: Jack In The Box Workers Deserve Shortened Meal Break Pay After All

( April 23, 2026, 2:53 PM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — In an amended opinion filed in a years-long wage-and-hour suit, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel revived both individual and class claims brought by Jack in the Box workers alleging that they are entitled to pay for shortened meal breaks, reversing and remanding an earlier ruling in favor of their employer....