New bill eliminating work break rights rings alarm bells
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The bill would strip the legal right to a lunch break.

Say goodbye to breaks and lunch when working > 6 hours a day! Kentucky says just let the feds set the rules.

  • bartolomeo@suppo.fi
    4·
    8 months ago

    House Bill 500 would repeal current state legislation that requires employers to allow workers a lunch break for every three to five hours of work completed. The bill, if it becomes law, would require employers to pay workers while they are eating instead of giving them a break.

    I don’t get it, it is a paid lunch break or eat while you work? Or are those considered the same thing?

    • Killer_Tree@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      8 months ago

      It sounds like lunch may be paid, but the time isn’t mandated. Waiting for a new lot to roll in? Scarf down a sandwich in 7 minutes, get paid for it, and get yer arse back on the line, peasant. You can eat your chips while bolting together widgets. (I have no idea, just a guess.)