Believe it or not, employers in many states have no legal obligation to give their employees any breaks during the work day. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require employers to provide any breaks, and many states follow the same rule. Other states require employers to provide rest breaks, meal breaks, or both.
A small number of states require employers to provide paid rest breaks during the work day.
Kentucky employers must give employees a "reasonable" off-duty period in which to eat a meal, unpaid, between their third and fifth hour of work. Required rest breaks, snack breaks, and coffee breaks do not count towards this meal break requirement.
In Kentucky, employees are entitled to a paid ten-minute rest break for every four-hour period they work. Your employer must provide these rest breaks in addition to your regularly scheduled meal break.