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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.

Rhode Island employees are entitled to a 20-minute meal break if they work a six-hour shift. Employees who work an eight-hour shift are entitled to a 30-minute meal break. These breaks are not paid. 

Employers do not have to provide meal breaks during shifts worked by fewer than three employees. 

Rhode Island law does not require employers to provide rest breaks. If your employer chooses to let employees take rest breaks, it must pay you for breaks that last for 20 minutes or less.


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