If you clock in at 7:00 am, can your employer make you take an hour lunch break at 9:00 am and then work you until 5:30 with only a 5 minute break?
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If you clock in at 7:00 am, can your employer make you take an hour lunch break at 9:00 am and then work you until 5:30 with only a 5 minute break?
Asked on August 3, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Kentucky
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Under the laws of all states in this country, an employee is required to take a ten (10) minute break after two (2) hours of work, a thirty (30) minute break after four hours of work. From what you have written, the five (5) minute break after 10:00 a.m. is in violation of state law of one works to 5:30 p.m.
FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Under the laws of all states in this country, an employee is required to take a ten (10) minute break after two (2) hours of work, a thirty (30) minute break after four hours of work. From what you have written, the five (5) minute break after 10:00 a.m. is in violation of state law of one works to 5:30 p.m.
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