(a) No employer shall employ any employee in excess of forty (40) hours a week, unless such employee receives compensation for employment in excess of such weekly hours, at a rate not less than one and one-half (1-1/2) times the regular rate at which he is employed, except that the provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to employees covered under Section 207(k) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, Chapter 8 of Title 29 of the United States Code.
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(b) No employer shall employ any employee in split shifts unless all of the shifts within a period of twenty-four (24) hours fall within a period of fourteen (14) consecutive hours, except in case of extraordinary emergency. (c) No employer shall employ any employee for a work period of more than five (5) hours without a meal period of not less than thirty (30) minutes; except that when a work period of not more than six (6) hours will complete the day's work, the meal period may be waived by mutual consent of employer and employee. Meal period shall not be considered “on duty” or counted as time worked, unless the nature of his work prevents an employee from being relieved of duty. SOURCE: GC § 46005. Subsection (a) amended by P.L. 11-083 (July 30, 1971) to reduce the hours from “forty-eight” to “forty”. Subsection (c) added by P.L. 12-086 (Jan. 29, 1975). Subsection (a) amended by P.L. 30-215:2 (Dec. 13, 2010).