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The Fair Labor Standards Act does not require rest or meal periods, except as amended under the Affordable Care Act for nursing mothers, but it does set standards for when work breaks, including meal periods, rest periods, and sleeping time, must be counted as paid work time. The laws of some states do require that paid and/or unpaid rest and meal periods must be provided.

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156482	index.aspx	Analysis	Rest Periods	03/04/2009	National
156349	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	Sometimes my employees tell me they are skipping thier 15 minute breaks in order to leave early. They expect to be paid for this time. I believe the time compensable if they are still "at work" taking the break, but not if they leave for non-work pur	01/12/2009	National
156196	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	Are we satisfying our legal requirement if an employee takes short breaks and lunches? In the case of temporary staff, who is liable for ensuring that temporary employees are taking their breaks and lunches--the staffing agency or the company where t	09/08/2008	National
155954	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	Can I implement a policy whereby our 30 minute meal break is automatically deducted from employee time each shift?	04/17/2008	National
155441	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	Our employees are out working at other locations and sometimes claim that they did not take a lunch on certain days. We would like to require that they take at least a 1/2 hour lunch, and would like to be able to deduct it from their time card.	01/23/2007	National
155241	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	We are a consulting firm so we do need to keep track of our exempt employees time to properly bill our clients. Can we require that they put in a lunch period?	07/18/2006	National
153972	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	Is there a minimum time we are required to give between work shifts?	01/27/2005	National
152063	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	in new york state in a 24 hour manufacturing facility how many consecutive days can a production worker or supervisor work?	10/30/2003	National
152062	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	Are employers in Texas required to provide breaks to employees?	05/09/2003	National
152061	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	Is it legal to automatically take 30 minutes for a lunch break from each employee instead of having them clock in and out for the break?	01/28/2003	National
152059	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	We have some employees who have been eating their lunch at their desks while working and then ask to be punched out an hour after they leave. Would we be within our legal rights to put a stop to this practice?	10/08/2002	National
152060	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	A US DOL Wage/Hour investigator is about to cite an employer for requiring employees to clock out for "smoking, or other breaks" of or about 15 minutes in length. The employer is in Iowa. What FLSA regulation or other law is the employer violating?	07/03/2002	National
152055	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	Can I make my employees take an unpaid lunch period? also, we are about to have a work force reduction due to a reduction in business, what terminology should I use?	06/20/2002	National
152058	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	we want to know if the employer must now always pay the hour penalty if once in awhile they ask an employee to work during the lunch hour allowing a meal at the desk and paying for the lunch period	04/17/2002	National
152053	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	We have employees who sometimes clock out for 15 to 28/29 minutes for lunch. I heard that if an employee does not clock out for a full 30 minutes then no part of that time can be deducted from their hours. Are we violating the law?	04/05/2002	National
152056	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	Is an hourly employee entitled to overtime pay if he does not take the two 15-minute breaks we allow during the day?	12/20/2001	National
152057	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	Can we require that all breaks be taken on bank premises?	12/10/2001	National
152052	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	If we give a short break to our employees and they leave the building can we ask them to clock out for that period of time?	12/07/2001	National
152054	index.aspx	Questions & Answers	In New York State, must an employee who works more than 6 hours each day take a 1/2 hour lunch?	08/02/2001	National

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