States not listed do not require paid rest periods.
| State |
Basic Standard |
Prescribed by |
Coverage |
Comments |
| California |
Paid 10-minute rest period for each 4 hours
worked or major fraction thereof; as practicable,
in middle of each work period. Not required for
employees whose total daily work time is less
than 3 and ½ hours. |
Administratively issued Industrial Welfare Commission
Orders. |
Uniform application to industries under 15 Orders,
including agriculture and household employment.
Excludes professional actors, sheepherders under
Agricultural Occupations Order, and personal attendants
under Household Occupations Order. |
Additional interim rest periods required in
motion picture industry during actual rehearsal
or shooting for swimmers, dancers, skaters or
other performers engaged in strenuous physical
activity.
Under all Orders, except for private household
employment, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
may grant exemption upon employer application
on the basis of undue hardship, if exemption would
not materially affect welfare or comfort of employees.
|
| Colorado |
Paid 10-minute rest period for each 4-hour work
period or major fraction thereof; as practicable,
in middle of each work period. |
Administratively issued Wage Order for 7 industries. |
Applicable to retail trade, food and beverage,
public housekeeping, medical profession, beauty
service, laundry and dry cleaning and janitorial
service industries. Excludes certain occupations,
such as teacher, nurse, and other medical professionals. |
|
| Kentucky |
Paid 10-minute rest period for each 4-hour work
period |
Administratively issued Wage Order for 7 industries. |
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| Minnesota |
Employees are paid adequate rest period within
each 4 consecutive hours of work, to utilize nearest
convenient restroom. |
Statute |
Excludes certain agricultural and seasonal employees. |
Different rest breaks permitted if pursuant
to a collective bargaining agreement. |
| Nevada |
Paid 10-minute rest period for each 4 hours
worked or major fraction thereof; as practicable,
in middle of each work period. Not required for
employees whose total daily work time is less
than 3 and ½ hours. |
Statute |
Applicable to employers of two or more employees
at a particular place of employment.
Excludes employees covered by a collective bargaining
agreement. |
Labor Commissioner may grant exemption on employer
evidence of business necessity. |
| Oregon |
Paid 10-minute rest period for every 4-hour
segment or major portion thereof in one work period;
as feasible, approximately in middle of each segment
of work period. |
Administratively issued Wage and Hour Commission
rules. |
It is Applicable to every employer. Except in
agriculture and also those employees covered by
collective bargaining agreement. |
Rest period must be in addition to usual meal
period and taken separately; not to be added to
usual meal period or deducted from beginning or
end of work period to reduce overall length of
total work period.
In absence of regularly scheduled rest periods,
it is sufficient compliance when employer can
show that the employee has, in fact, received
the time specified (permitted only where employer
can show that ordinary nature of the work prevents
employer from establishing and maintaining a regularly
scheduled rest period).
Rest period is not required for employees age
18 or older who work alone in a retail or service
establishment serving the general public and who
work less than 5 hours in a period of 16 continuous
hours. |
| Washington |
Paid 10-minute rest period for each 4-hour work
period, scheduled as near as possible to midpoint
of each work period. Employee may not be required
to work more than 3 hours without a rest period.
|
Administrative regulation |
Excludes newspaper vendor or carrier, domestic
or casual labor around private residence, sheltered
workshop, and agricultural labor.
Rules for construction trade employees may be
superseded by a collective bargaining agreement
covering such employees if the terms of the agreement
specifically require rest periods and prescribe
requirements concerning them. |
Scheduled rest periods not required where nature
of work allows employee to take intermittent rest
periods, equivalent to required standard.
Director of Labor and Industries may grant variance
from basic standard for good cause, upon employer
application. |
