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Sc Labor Laws For Breaks In Queens
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As of July 2024, the federal minimum salary threshold for exempt employees is $844 per week ($43,888 per year).
There is no requirement under South Carolina law for an employer to provide employees with breaks or a lunch period.
In South Carolina, there are no specific state laws or federal regulations that mandate the number of hours an employee must have off between shifts for the general workforce, giving employers considerable flexibility in scheduling.
These exempt employees are not subject to the FLSA minimum wage, overtime or record keeping requirements. As such, exempt employees are expected to work as many hours as required to perform the duties of the position.
This means that an employer may legally ask an individual to work shifts of 8, 10, 12 or more hours each day. Each organization has the legal ability to designate shift lengths and alter them as necessary.
New York requires that employers provide employees meal periods as follows: Employees are entitled to a 30-minute break between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for shifts that cover that time span and are more than 6 consecutive hours.
Every person employed for a period or shift of more than six hours starting between the hours of one o'clock in the afternoon and six o'clock in the morning, shall be allowed at least sixty minutes for a meal period when employed in or in connection with a factory, and forty-five minutes for a meal period when employed ...
The 7-minute rule in New York State refers to how employers round time when calculating work hours. Employers may round an employee's time to the nearest 15-minute interval.