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By Lane V. Erickson, attorney<\/a><\/p>\n

As an employment law attorney, my clients often ask questions related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Most recently, I seem to be getting many questions about whether breaks are required to be given to employees. The purpose of this blog is to provide a short summary of what the law requires with regards to providing breaks to employees.<\/p>\n

Currently, federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks to be given to employees. Like most other benefits provided by employers, there is no specific requirement that they be given. Many employers offer these type of breaks to their employees though as a benefit and as a way of enticing their employees to remain employed with the employer. Imagine a prospective employee evaluating two different job opportunities and seeing that one job does not offer any type of breaks including a lunch break during the work day. Under this circumstance it is fairly easy to see which job it is likely the employee would take. Employers know that in order to entice prospective employees and to keep current employees happy, these types of benefits must be provided.<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson, attorney As an employment law attorney, my clients often ask questions related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Most recently, I seem to be getting many questions about whether breaks are required to be given to employees. The purpose of this blog is to provide a short summary of what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nAre Breaks Required for Employees|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you are an employee or an employer and have questions about breaks during the workday or workweek, we can help. 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