Can an employee combine their meal breaks and rest breaks :confused:

Generally speaking, no. See here:
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_MealPeriods.htm
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_RestPeriods.htm

Is this the employee's idea or the employer's?

Generally speaking, no. See here:
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_MealPeriods.htm
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_RestPeriods.htm

Is this the employee's idea or the employer's?
this is the employee's idea

Michael or Megan can tell me if I'm wrong, but I believe I remember reading that even if it is the employee's idea, it's still not permitted.

[QUOTE=cbg]Michael or Megan can tell me if I'm wrong, but I believe I remember reading that even if it is the employee's idea, it's still not permitted.[/QUOTE
Do you remember where you got this imformation from...I look at the links previous given and I can't find anything that said's that

I'll see if I can find the site - it was when I was researching a question some time ago

BTW, are you the employer or the employee?