PRINTER'S NO. 449
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
486
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, CIRESI, SCHLOSSBERG,
SHUSTERMAN, NEILSON, FREEMAN, O'MARA, DELLOSO AND ROZZI,
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021
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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