A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for mandatory work breaks for retail employees.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 3 of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 95-28.4. Mandatory work breaks.
(a)	The General Assembly finds that, for reasons of general health and safety, retail employees should be permitted to stop work at least once during the shift or workday to take an appropriate work break for personal care.
(b)	The Commissioner of Labor shall adopt rules to provide that, at a minimum, every retail employer must allow each employee to take at least one brief work break for personal care during the employees workday or shift."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.