New bill eliminating work break rights rings alarm bells
www.newsweek.com
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.

  • FarFarAway@startrek.websiteEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    Yeah i always thought that was stupid. If thats what it means, I wonder if that means it will count towards the 8 hours you actually work? I wonder if companies would want to pay people for the extra hour vs losing an hour of productivity.

    Trading off breaks for going home an hour “early” actually sounds like an interesting proposition for office workers, for people that work outside or in a factory, not so much.

    • Cort@lemmy.world
      4·
      8 months ago

      I think it’s saying: you don’t have to give your employees a lunch break, but if you do you have to pay them while they’re on break. To me it sounds like a way to convince all employers in the state to not give lunch breaks since they have to now pay employees during lunch.