Neither the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) nor Georgia law require breaks or meal periods be given to workers. Neither the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) nor Georgia law requires breaks or meal periods be given to workers.Although breaks are not required, employers must pay employees for time they spend working and for shorter breaks during the day. In some states, the law requires an employee to earn a paid 15-minute break for each four hours worked at the job. Workers have a right to at least a 30minute meal break or each 6 hours worked in a calendar day. Georgia does not have a state law mandating lunch breaks for employees. Georgia has no law regulating meal breaks or rest periods during a workday. The state of Georgia has no laws requiring employers to provide breaks to employees, and there is no federal law requiring breaks. Breaks and rest periods in Georgia. Employers are not required to provide any rest or meal breaks in Georgia.