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Pennsylvania Meal and Rest Periods Law

 

Pennsylvania's meal and rest period law is located in Title 43, in the following sections of the Pennsylvania Statutes.

Sec. 1. Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Freedom to Breastfeed Act.

Sec. 2. Policy.
The General Assembly finds that breastfeeding a baby is an important and basic act of nurturing that must be protected in the interests of maternal and child health and family values.

Sec. 3. Breastfeeding rights.
A mother shall be permitted to breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be present, irrespective of whether or not the mother's breast is covered during or incidental to the breastfeeding.

Sec. 4. Freedom to breastfeed.
The act of breastfeeding shall not be considered:

(1) Indecent exposure as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. Section 3127 (relating to indecent exposure). (2) Open lewdness as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. Section 5901 (relating to open lewdness). (3) Obscenity or sexual conduct as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. Section 5903 (relating to obscene and other sexual materials and performances). (4) A nuisance as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. Section 6504 (relating to public nuisances).

46. Hours of labor for minors under 18.

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No minor under eighteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work for more than five hours continuously in, about, or in connection with, any establishment without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a lunch period and no period of less than thirty minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous period of work.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a minor who is sixteen or seventeen years of age who is employed during the months of June, July, August or September by a summer resident camp or a conference or retreat operated by a religious or scout organization shall receive one day of rest (twenty-four consecutive hours of rest) during every seven-day period: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply to a minor employed primarily for general maintenance work or food service activities.

450. Hours of labor.

When the air pressure in any tunnel, caisson, compartment, or place in which persons are employed exceeds normal, but does not exceed fifty pounds, the maximum number of hours which, in any twenty-four hours, a person may be employed or permitted to work or remain therein, shall be as hereinafter stated. In every case the maximum number of hours shall be divided into two working-periods of equal length, and the minimum time interval which shall elapse between such working-periods shall be as hereafter stated.

When the air pressure exceeds normal, but does not exceed twenty-one pounds, number of hours in twenty-four, eight; interval between working-periods, thirty minutes.

When the air pressure exceeds twenty-one but does not exceed thirty pounds, number of hours in twenty-four, six; interval between working-periods, one hour.

When the air pressure exceeds thirty but does not exceed thirty-five pounds, number of hours in twenty-four, four; interval between working-periods, two hours.

When the air pressure exceeds thirty-five but does not exceed forty pounds, number of hours in twenty-four, three; interval between periods, three hours.

When the air pressure exceeds forty but does not exceed forty-five pounds, number of hours in twenty-four, two; interval between working-periods, four hours.

When the air pressure exceeds forty-five but does not exceed fifty pounds, number of hours in twenty-four, one and one-half; interval between working-periods, five hours.

Except in cases of emergency, no person shall be employed, or permitted to work or remain, in any tunnel, caisson, compartment, or place where air pressure exceeds fifty pounds.

481. Employees to have one day of rest each week.

Every employer operating or having operated a place in which motion pictures are shown, shall allow each person employed in or about such place at least one calendar day of rest in each calendar week. Such day of rest shall be at least twenty-four consecutive hours of duration.

1301.207. Hours of labor.

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(c) No seasonal farm worker shall be required to work for more than five hours continuously on any premises without a meal or rest period of at least 30 minutes, which period shall not be considered a part of the hours of labor, and no period of less than 30 minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous period of work.

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