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FRANKFORT — A House committee this week approved a bill that would eliminate Kentucky workers’ rights to lunch and rest breaks, despite confusion among lawmakers over what the bill would do ...
The bill would also take away compensation for travel time between work sites and end overtime pay for the seventh consecutive day of work. The response from working people across Kentucky was ...
The bill would repeal Kentucky’s requirement that employers provide at least a 10 minute “rest break” to employees for each four hours of work. The bill would repeal Kentucky’s requirement ...
Workers' right to access the toilet refers to the rights of employees to take a break when they need to use the toilet. The right to access a toilet is a basic human need. [1] Unless both the employee and employer agree to compensate the employee on rest breaks an employer cannot take away the worker's right to access a toilet facility while ...
A break at work (or work-break) is a period of time during a shift in which an employee is allowed to take time off from their job. It is a type of downtime . There are different types of breaks, and depending on the length and the employer's policies, the break may or may not be paid.
The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 (GEFTA) is a United States federal law which requires retroactive pay and leave accrual for federal employees affected by the furlough as a result of the 2018–19 federal government shutdown and any future lapses in appropriations. [1]
A Kentucky House of Representatives committee is advancing KY HB 500. What you need to know about potential end of employee lunch and rest breaks.
The most blatant form of wage theft is for an employee to not be paid for work done. An employee being asked to work overtime, working through breaks, or being asked to report early and/or leave late without pay is being subjected to wage theft. This is sometimes justified as displacing a paid meal break without guaranteeing meal break time.