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ENROLLED
H.
B.
4140
(By Delegate S. Cook)
[Passed March 11, 1994; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend article three, chapter twenty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section ten-a, relating to safety and welfare of employees; and establishing a guaranteed meal break for all employees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter twenty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section ten-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. SAFETY AND WELFARE OF EMPLOYEES.
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10a. Meal breaks.
During the course of a workday of six or more hours, all employers shall make available for each of their employees, at least twenty minutes for meal breaks, at times reasonably designated by the employer. This provision shall be required in all situations where employees are not afforded necessary breaks and/or permitted to eat lunch while working
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