PRINTER'S NO. 4412
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2887
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD, DELLOSO, WILLIAMS, ROZZI, MADDEN,
McCARTER, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, CIRESI, McCLINTON, GREEN,
NEILSON AND HARKINS, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
AN ACT
Providing for a meal or rest period for employees after working
a specified number of hours.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Rest Period
for Workers Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Employer." An individual, partnership, association,
corporation, business trust, or person or group of persons
acting, directly or indirectly, in the interest of an employer
in relation to an employee. The term does not include police and
fire departments, public ambulance or providers of emergency
medical services.
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