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theski2687 t1_ix6o9c2 wrote

Reply to comment by Babymonster09 in Do i have to stay past my scheduled shift at work? by ggtt555

Yea the breaks part had me kinda shocked. No amount of time worked mandates a break? Are people expected to starve?

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Lance_lake t1_ix6r0cp wrote

> Yea the breaks part had me kinda shocked. No amount of time worked mandates a break? Are people expected to starve?

When there is no state law, it falls to federal law.

https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/workhours/breaks

The reason PA probably doesn't have a law is because it would just be a repeat of federal law.

EDIT: I stand corrected. /u/smuin538 pointed out that there was no federal law saying that we needed breaks. I could've sworn there was, but I guess it was my state law (in several states all using the same poster in the lunch room) that was providing it.

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smuin538 t1_ix71dsc wrote

There is no federal law stating that employers must provide breaks, just that breaks less than 30 minutes and interrupted breaks 30 minutes or longer must be paid time.

Many states have laws that mandate breaks for employees; unfortunately PA is not one of them.

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Lance_lake t1_ix7zq37 wrote

I stand corrected. Thank you for the prompt for me to look this up.

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theski2687 t1_ix7wvqy wrote

PA does have a law regarding breaks. And it is in fact just a repeat of the federal law

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