Louisiana § 23:213 Minors under sixteen; recreation or meal period

Louisiana Statutes

§ 23:213 — Minors under sixteen; recreation or meal period

Louisiana § 23:213

Title 23Labor and Workers' Compensation

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Bluebook

La. Stat. Ann. § 23:213 (2026).

Text

§213. Minors under sixteen; recreation or meal period
No minor under sixteen years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to
work for any five-hour period without one interval of at least thirty minutes within such
period for meals. If the period of work before the interval exceeds five hours by ten minutes
or less, that difference shall be considered de minimis and shall not be considered a violation
of this Section. Such interval shall not be included as part of the working hours of the day.
This interval shall be thirty minutes. If the length of the meal break is at least twenty
minutes, the difference between the actual break time and the required thirty-minute break
time shall be considered de minimis and shall not be considered a violation of this Section.
The break shall b

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§213. Minors under sixteen; recreation or meal period
No minor under sixteen years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to
work for any five-hour period without one interval of at least thirty minutes within such
period for meals. If the period of work before the interval exceeds five hours by ten minutes
or less, that difference shall be considered de minimis and shall not be considered a violation
of this Section. Such interval shall not be included as part of the working hours of the day.
This interval shall be thirty minutes. If the length of the meal break is at least twenty
minutes, the difference between the actual break time and the required thirty-minute break
time shall be considered de minimis and shall not be considered a violation of this Section.
The break shall be documented using the employer's normal timekeeping system. If a minor
fails to clock in or out for a work period or meal break and a time edit is necessary, the time
edit shall be documented and acknowledged in writing by the minor and the manager who
performs the time edit.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 624, §2, eff. Aug. 4, 1976; Acts 1993, No. 621, §1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 1999, No. 573, §1; Acts 2011, No. 177, §1; Acts 2024, No. 603, §1.