A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers to allow employees to take meal, medical, and restroom breaks, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · November 21, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Treating Workers with Dignity Act of 2019
This bill requires employers to compensate their employees for their meal, medical, and restroom breaks. Specifically, employers must compensate at prescribed rates employees who work a six-hour period for a 30-minute break to consume a meal. Additionally, employers must provide short-duration breaks to employees who have a documented medical condition and allow restroom breaks to their employees for every four-hour work period.
The requirements of this bill shall not supercede any provision in a collective bargaining agreement. The bill further provides legal or equitable relief for violations of its requirements.
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