Labor laws for breaks in Pennsylvania  2023                                                                                                                                     

For workers 18 and older, employers are not required to provide breaks. You must be compensated for breaks that are shorter than 20 minutes in length if your employer permits them.

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If an employer offers a meal break, it is not necessary to pay the employee if the break lasts longer than twenty (20) minutes and the employee doesn’t work during it.

This 30-minute meal break may or may not be compensated, at the discretion of the employer. Minors must be paid for rest breaks that last less than 20 minutes.

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Employers are required to provide new mothers enough time to take milk out as often as they need. The number of pauses she need and their durations will often differ.

The FLSA considers a temporary space to be adequate, whether it is made or converted, so long as it shields the new mother from view and the employer maintains the space free from trespassers.

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If a state has laws that give employees extra safeguards, those laws are not preempted by this provision. However, Pennsylvania does not fall under this category and adheres to FLSA regulations.

Employers are required to provide new mothers enough time to take milk out as often as they need. The number of pauses she need and their durations will often differ.