In arizona are minors required to get a break after so many hours?

Question

i have checked but i can only find that adults are not required breaks. im 17 and i would work more than 7 hours nonstop without so much as a 10 min break because then they would pay you for it. i'm supposed to get a 30 min lunch break but i rarely ever get it. is this legal? violate child labor laws?

Answer 1

You are correct !. It is inhuman to ask a minor to work non stop for 7 hours !!

It is a violation of labour laws and human rights too !!

Answer 2

Okay, I work at the Arizona Attorney General's Office and I just asked one of the personnel attorneys in my section about this. Unfortunately, in the state of Arizona, employers are NOT required to give employees rest or meal breaks. It is a really crappy practice, but that is how it is in this state. Because you are 17, and if you are in high school, you could have some protection considering that you are only supposed to work a set number of hours per week, the attorney couldn't remember exactly how many. Your employer is not violating child labor laws because you are over 16.

This link provides employee information: http://www.dol.gov/compliance/topics/wages-other-breaks.htm

**Addition info provided and written by Arizona personnel attorney**
FYI
Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks. However, when employers do offer short breaks (usually lasting about 5 to 20 minutes), federal law considers the breaks work-time that must be paid. Unauthorized extensions of authorized work breaks need not be counted as hours worked when the employer has expressly and unambiguously communicated to the employee that the authorized break may only last for a specific length of time, that any extension of the break is contrary to the employer's rules, and any extension of the break will be punished.

Bona fide meal periods (typically lasting at least 30 minutes), serve a different purpose than coffee or snack breaks and, thus, are not work time and are not compensable.

see this website
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workhours/breaks.htm


Also, you get no protection for being young either in AZ, since You have to be under 16 for the reduced hours.ARS 23-233 http://www.ica.state.az.us/faqs/labor/youth_employment_laws.html

However, if you have a medical reason to have the break, like needs food, etc, you may be able to get one as an accommodation under the ADA>

Answer 3

You are not entitled to breaks by any federal law. AZ might require them although I don't see anything on the state website to say that they do, so probably not - states sometimes have stricter rules than federal, especially for minors. The person who said it's federal law, not state, is not correct about that, but is right that the laws should be posted somewhere in the workplace where they are easily accessible.

Answer 4

In Arizona the only restrictions are for those under 16. The federal law is very similar and does not restrict hours for those who are 17 and 18 years of age.

They are not required to give you breaks by law.

Answer 5

it is a federal law not a state law, it should be posted somewhere in the work place that outlines minors rights in the work place