Kentucky’s House Bill 500 seeks to end mandatory breaks, like a 10-minute rest every 4 hours and meal breaks every 3-5 hours.

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Kentucky’s House Bill 500 jeopardizes worker rights, eliminating breaks, employer liability, and longstanding protections, raising concerns about fair labor practices.

NEW “House Bill 500 leaves it to the employer to decide if they will provide an unpaid lunch break or force workers to juggle eating while on the job.”

“Additionally, at present, employers must provide at least a 10 minute rest period for every 4 hours of work in addition to a scheduled lunch period. House Bill 500 repeals that requirement.

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“Currently, businesses must provide a meal break every 3 to 5 hours, but this mandate, which was created in 1974, is eliminated by section 15 of the bill. House Bill 500 leaves it to the employer to decide if they will provide an unpaid lunch break, uh, or force workers to juggle eating while on the job.

Additionally, at present, employers must provide at least a 10 minute rest period for every 4 hours of work in addition to a scheduled lunch period. House Bill 500 repeals that requirement.

These breaks are important for every worker, but especially in jobs with high physical intensity or in hot locations like a warehouse or a roof.

Right now, state law encourages employer employers to give employees some downtime each week to rest, to recover, to spend time with their families by entitling employees who work 7 days in a row to receive time and a half overpay, but house bill 500 repeals that as well.

But then house bill 500 goes even further by eliminating employer liability for failure to provide overtime or even minimum wage for workers and time spent traveling between job sites.

In other words, an HVAC repairman or a landscaping crew could get paid as little as a penny per hour for time spent driving between houses. Collectively, these provisions weaken multiple common sense protections for safe working conditions and fair pay that have safeguarded Kentuckians for at least a half a century. We as a state put these protections in place for a reason, and those reasons have not changed since then.”

The Government Is Attempting To End Mandatory Lunch Breaks, 10 Minute Breaks & Employer Liability For Paying Overtime

NEW “House Bill 500 leaves it to the employer to decide if they will provide an unpaid lunch break or force workers to juggle eating while on the job.”… pic.twitter.com/eS9SC0Uzsi

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