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Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/aboringdystopia

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Yay.... more bad news from the land of the free.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Meal breaks and rest periods

You must have a meal break of 60 minutes after 5 hours' work. A written agreement may lower this to 30 minutes and do away with the meal break if you work less than 6 hours a day. You must have a daily rest period of 12 continuous hours and a weekly rest period of 36 continuous hours. Unless otherwise agreed, this must include Sundays.

Sick Leave

You can take up to 6 weeks' paid sick leave during a 36-month cycle.

During the first 6 months of starting at a company, you can take 1 day's paid sick leave for every 26 days you’ve worked. An employer may want a medical certificate before paying you when you’re sick for more than 2 days at a time or more than twice in 8 weeks.

This is in South Africa.. The US is fucked up and sets a bad example and precedent for the rest of the world. Corporate right wing America unfortunately seems to be a mind virus that's spreading..