Workplace evidence

Meal and rest break rules at work

Meal and rest break rules at work: facts from official sources for 21 states and DC. Each state page links to every source and shows the date we checked it. Rules change, so check each official source below, and ask a lawyer licensed in your state about your situation.

Educational only. Not legal advice.

• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Illinois
• Kentucky
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Minnesota
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New York
• North Dakota
• Oregon
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Vermont
• Washington
• West Virginia

How to document problems at work: the full guide · Workplace evidence: rules by state

How to keep these papers

Keep dated copies of the papers you already have in one place, and write the day something happened on the same day. KeepMyProof is a private phone app for that: folders with checklists, the day it happened next to the day you saved it, and one PDF of a folder when someone asks.

• Handbook and policies
• Pay stubs, schedules and hours
• Messages sent to you
• Dated notes of what happened
• Complaints you made and the replies
• Job reviews and warnings

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