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I have worked for the same company in three states, Colorado, North Dakota, and Kentucky. It just so happens that each state had the same meal law, requiring us to take our 30 minute meal period before 5 hours of work. That being said, each state was also borderd by states with different laws and that caused cofusion when people transferred.
So what is your state's meal law? I am curious to see just how many have this 5 hour rule, and how many have better or worse laws.
I don't think Florida has ANY required meal period for anyone over the age of 18.
The company I work for gives 1/2 hour paid luch to hourly employees as long as they don't leave the compound. They can sit in their car to smoke or talk on the phone or whatever, but if they actually drive it someplace they need to clock out. That's workers comp rules.
I don't think PA has any laws (at least for salaried employees). There are days I take a 2 hour lunch and there are days where I work 9-10 hour days skipping lunch. It really all depends on how much work there is to do.
In NY, you have to take a half hour meal period after 6 consecutive hours of work. I am not really a big fan of it, since it adds a half hour to the amount of time I am physically at work. I'd rather work straight thru, and leave sooner. No dice, at least with my current employer (I had a past employer who allowed this, but I am not sure it was technically legal).
I believe in NC employers aren't required to give anyone over 18 a lunch break either.
Most I've been with give you an hour (unpaid) I've worked at mostly law firms the last 12 years or so.
In NC a rest break (generally 10 or 15 minutes) and a meal break (usually 30 minutes or more) are not required by law for anyone who is 16 years of age or older. A 30 minute break after 5 hours is required for youths who are 14 or 15 years of age.
Ohio will let your employer schedule you for 12 or more hours a day, without any paid or unpaid breaks. Cedar Point takes advantage of that. My friends and I found that out the hard way.
That was a shock after having my first jobs in Illinois, which takes much better care of its employees, when it comes to breaks and lunches, anyway.
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