Pennsylvania law requires that minors ages 14 to 17 must be given a meal or rest period of at least 30 minutes if they have worked five hours or more continuously. Although Pennsylvania does not have a lunch and break law for those persons 18 and over, there are applicable federal rules for Pennsylvania residents.
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In Pennsylvania, only employers of seasonal farmworkers are required to provide breaks. These employers must give employees a 30-minute break after five hours of work, during which employees must be relieved of all duties. This time may be unpaid. All other Pennsylvania employers have no obligation to provide either meal or rest breaks.
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In addition to a general regulation requiring meal periods for employees, Pennsylvania has special regulations that require meal periods for minors under age 18. These regulations, which require more frequent and / or longer meal / break periods, take precedence over the general regulations for minor employees.
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Pennsylvania law generally does not require employees be given breaks or meals. However, the law requires minors ages 14 through 17 years of age to be given break periods of at least 30 minutes when they work five or more hours. Seasonal farm workers in PA also must be given a 30 minute meal period after five straight hours of work.
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While Pennsylvania labor laws about breaks do not require employers to give breaks to adults, but children must be given appropriate breaks. Any person age 14 to 17 who works five or more consecutive hours must be given a minimum of a 30 minute meal break according to PA labor laws about breaks. This meal break may be paid or unpaid.
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If you are unclear about the meal and rest break rules, the attorneys at Swartz Swidler may be able to explain them to you. Some states have laws of their own that mandate that employees receive meal or rest breaks. However, in Pennsylvania, only farmworkers must receive breaks. Schedule an appointment today. Call (856) 685-7420 or.
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Pennsylvania law and federal law require that any minor between the ages of 14 and 17, who works 5 or more consecutive hours, must take a 30 minute minimum lunch break. Under the Labor Laws this meal can be paid or unpaid. All breaks that are 20 minutes or less must be paid. Breastfeeding Breaks
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In Pennsylvania, the labor laws require employers to give appropriate breaks to minors. Workers between the ages of 14 and 17 who work 5+ hours in a row must receive a 30-minute meal break. The employer can decide whether or not this 30-minute meal break is paid or not. Rest breaks for minors that last less than 20 minutes must be paid.
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Children in families whose income is between 130% and 185% of the poverty level are eligible for reduced price lunches. Access federal income eligibility guidelines for free and reduced-price school meals and free milk for the 2020-21 school year, as released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and effective July 1, 2020.
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Pennsylvania employers are required to provide break periods of at least 30 minutes for minors ages 14 through 17 who work five or more consecutive hours. Employers are not required to give breaks for employees 18 and over. If your employer allows breaks, and they last less than 20 minutes, you must be paid for the break.
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PA meal break laws do not go any further than the above-stated regulation, and it therefore falls to the jurisdiction of federal labor law to govern meal break policy in the state. Pennsylvania adheres to the federal law stating that if your company permits you to take a break, and if it lasts less than 20 minutes, you must be paid for that time.
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An employee who is to work 7 1/2 continuous hours or more shall be provided a meal period of at least 20 minutes. The meal period must be given to an employee no later than 5 hours after beginning work. Illinois has no law regarding breaks. For more information, visit the ODRISA page. (820 ILCS 140/3) .
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and where breakfast is the only meal served and is included in the charge for the room. 47 P.S. § 4-491(1). Anyone under twenty-one years of age is considered to be a minor in Pennsylvania, for purposes of the Liquor Code. Minors are not permitted to possess or consume alcoholic beverages. 47 P.S. § 4-493(1); 18 Pa. C.S. § 6308(a).
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require business owners to offer lunch or rest breaks to employees. However, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the FLSA outline requirements for paid and unpaid breaks. And while federal law doesn’t require breaks, 20 states maintain their own break laws. Nine of those mandate lunch and rest breaks.
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In addition to a general regulation requiring meal periods for employees, Rhode Island has special regulations that require meal periods for minors under age 18. These regulations, which require more frequent and / or longer meal / break periods, take precedence over the general regulations for minor employees.
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Lunch Breaks in PA PA does not require rest periods or meal periods. However, your employer can require you to take rest periods and meal periods, for whatever reason they say. If you refuse, you are guilty of insubordination and you risk termination of your employment. You will not have any legal recourse to appeal the discipline/termination.
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Federal Laws: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) defines the meal (lunch) period lasting at least 30 minutes and not 20 minutes or less. Breaks less than 20 minutes are rest breaks and not considered a meal/lunch break. A true lunch break is when the employee is completely relieved from all work duty for the purpose of eating regular meals.
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Pennsylvania labor laws require employers to provide a thirty (30) minute break period to employees ages fourteen (14) through seventeen (17) who work five (5) or more consecutive hours. Pennsylvania Code 43-40.3(a) Employers are not required to provide breaks to employees eighteen (18) and over.
The law requires your employer to make at least one 10 minute break available for every four hours of work. The break must be a continuous, uninterrupted 10 minutes. Although the employer can require you to remain on the premises during the break, you cannot be assigned any duties or asked to remain on call.
Many employers provide employees with a rest or lunch break, whether paid or unpaid. This common practice is not required everywhere, however: The federal wage and hour law, called the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), doesn't require employers to provide meal or rest breaks.
Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks. However, when employers do offer short breaks (usually lasting about 5 to 20 minutes), federal law considers the breaks as compensable work hours that would be included in the sum of hours worked during the work week and considered in determining if overtime was worked.