US News Kentucky bill stripping workers of meal, rest breaks moves forward

[tom_mai78101]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — A bill that seeks to strip Kentucky workers of their right to meal and rest breaks is moving forward in Frankfort.

House Bill 500, sponsored by Georgetown Republican Rep. Phillip Pratt, would eliminate the requirement that employers provide lunch breaks and rest breaks.

Currently, employers in Kentucky must provide at least a 10-minute rest break for every four hours of work, in addition to a scheduled lunch break every three to five hours.

The bill sets out new guidance: a worker not “completely relieved from any duties for the purposes of eating a meal” can’t be denied pay for time spent eating during a work shift. But if the employer provides a lunch break, no payment is owed for time spent eating outside of a scheduled lunch break.

Kentucky bill stripping workers of meal, rest breaks moves forward

A bill that seeks to strip Kentucky workers of their right to meal and rest breaks is moving forward in Frankfort.

fox56news.com

 

[The Helper]

The way I read is that it is only saying that they are losing paid lunch breaks. It looks like from the language that any paid breaks are over - they do not say enough about the 10 minute breaks. It clearly says though, if employer provides a lunch break it is unpaid - but they have to provide it or an employee can eat on the job and get paid. At least that is what the wording of the snipped of article here says. Looks like the article is purposely not making the distiction about the paid part.