The Louisiana Senate approved a bill Tuesday that repeals a requirement that employers provide a lunch break to some younger workers ... to 16- and 17-year-old employees and preserved the required ...

House Bill 500 would eliminate required lunch breaks, required rest periods, and time-and-a-half overtime pay for working seven days in a row. The bill would also decrease the statute of ...

No, according to the dol.gov. Lunch and coffee breaks are not required by federal law. However, short breaks consisting of 5 to 20 minutes when offered by employers are to be considered ...