KRS 337.365: Rest periods for employees.

No employer shall require any employee to work without a rest period of at least ten (10)

minutes during each four (4) hours worked, except those employees who are under the

Federal Railway Labor Act. This shall be in addition to the regularly scheduled lu nch

period. This section shall not apply where a collective bargaining agreement provides for

a total number of minutes that are equal to or exceed ten (10) minutes accrued for each

four (4) hours of work. If a collective bargaining agreement does not cont ain provisions

allowing rest periods, employers shall allow a rest period of at least ten (10) minutes

during each four (4) hours worked. No reduction in compensation shall be made for

hourly or salaried employees.