COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO No. E002195 December 12, 1985 JOSEPH HINKLE, PETITIONER, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, KIRK MAYER, INC. , ET AL. , RESPONDENTS Elliot S. Berkowitz and John J. "Applicant worked as an electrical mechanical design engineer for Kirk Mayer, Inc. , a consulting firm which contracts out its employees to others. [175 CalApp3d Page 590] Those who are contracted out remain on the Kirk Mayer payroll and are paid by it. "Kirk Mayer's payment policy for its 'farmed out' employees is to mail the weekly paycheck to wherever the employee desires. However, on Fridays, it was Mattel's policy to add an extra one-half hour to its employees' lunch break.

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