Are employers supposed to pay penalties if employees are not allowed meal or rest periods?
If an employer fails to provide an employee with a meal period, the employer must pay one additional hour of pay at the employee’s regular rate of pay for each workday that the meal period is not provided. If an employer fails to provide an employee with a rest period, the employer shall pay the employee one additional hour of pay at the employee’s regular rate of pay for each workday that the rest period is not provided.
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