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§ 50-5-115 — Breaks and meal periods for working minors

Tennessee § 50-5-115
JurisdictionTennessee
Title50

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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-5-115 (2026).

Text

A minor must have a thirty-minute unpaid break or meal period if scheduled to work six (6) hours consecutively. This break shall not be scheduled during or before the first hour of scheduled work activity.

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Legislative History

Acts 1993, ch. 220, § 2.

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