Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Massachusetts

fifteen minute break

is it legal for a boss or owner of a company to deny you a fifteen minute break morning and afternoon working an eight hour day?


Asked on 6/28/07, 10:35 am

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Re: fifteen minute break

See - http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/farqemploy.html#breaks

Massachusetts General Laws chapter 149 section 100 requires a 30 minute lunch period, but does not require breaks. Although many employers do provide time for one or two breaks during the work day in addition to time for lunch, they are not required to do so. The law in Massachusetts states that an employer must provide a thirty-minute meal break during each work shift that lasts more than six hours. This one half-hour meal break is unpaid. In addition, Massachusetts' law does not require employers to provide any rest breaks.

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Answered on 6/28/07, 10:48 am


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