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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 339.270: Lunch and rest periods.

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  1. KRS Chapter 339

(1) No minor under eighteen (18) years of age shall be permitted to work for more than

five (5) hours continuously without an interval of at least thirty (30) minutes for a

lunch period, and no period of less than thirty (30) minutes shall be deemed to

interrupt a continuous period of work.

(2) No employer shall require any minor under eighteen (18) years of age to work

without a rest period of at least ten (10) minutes during each four (4) hours worked.

This shall be in addition to the regularly scheduled lunc h period. No reduction in

compensation shall be made for hourly or salaried employees.

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