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As of 2017, twenty-six states in the United States do not carry break laws in their legislature, such as Texas and Florida. [12] The state of California requires that both meal and rest breaks be given to employees; workers in New York must be given meal breaks, but rest breaks are not required. [12]
The Employment Relations Act in New Zealand states that an employee must be provided with rest breaks to attend to personal matters. Entitlements to visit the toilet cannot be contracted out of unless reasonably compensated for. [4] However, the law does not state how the employer is to calculate the cost of compensation. [5]
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The Wage and Hour Division was created with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. The Division is responsible for the administration and enforcement of a wide range of laws which collectively cover virtually all private and State and local government employment.
A Kentucky House of Representatives committee is advancing KY HB 500. What you need to know about potential end of employee lunch and rest breaks.
The bill has drawn the opposition of organized labor groups and others, including an employment law attorney. Federal law does not require employers to offer lunch or rest breaks, and Pratt said ...
New York: 1992 [LABOR] LAW § 201-d Not specific to tobacco use, covers all lawful activities North Carolina: 1991 N.C. GEN. STAT. § 95-28.2 Not specific to tobacco use, covers all lawful activities North Dakota: 1993 N.D. CENT. CODE §§ 14-02.4-01 et seq. Oklahoma: 1991 OKLA. STAT. ANN. tit. 40, § 500 Oregon: 1989 OR. REV. STAT. §§ 659A ...
4,000 workers across 10 different major cities for lunch-break data, nearly half of full-time employees, or 49%, admit to skipping lunch at least once a week.