REFERENCE TITLE: employment; FLSA; meal breaks

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

HB 2797

 

Introduced by

Representatives Sandoval: Aguilar, Austin, Blattman, Contreras L, Contreras P, Crews, De Los Santos, Ortiz, Peshlakai, Quiñonez, Schwiebert, Seaman, Stahl Hamilton, Terech, Villegas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 23, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 23-207; relating to employment practices and working conditions.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 23, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-207, to read:

START_STATUTE23-207. Employer requirements; employee breaks; overtime pay; fair labor standards act

A. An employer shall provide an employee all of the following:

1. A thirty-minute UNPAID meal break when working more than five hours in a day and an additional thirty-minute unpaid meal break when working more than twelve hours in a day.

2. A paid ten-minute rest break for every four hours worked.

3. One and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for both of the following:

(a) The hours worked of more than eight hours up to and including twelve hours in a WORKDAY.

(b) The first eight hours worked on the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek.

4. Double the employee's regular rate of pay for the hours worked of more than both of the following:

(a) Twelve hours in a workday.

(b) Eight hours on the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek.

B. Notwithstanding any other law, the federal fair labor standards act applies to employers whose annual sales total $100,000 or that engage in interstate commerce.END_STATUTE