Require Ohio to give Workers a Lunch Break

The Issue

In Ohio, there is currently no law in place that requires employers to offer employee's over the age of 18 a lunch break for shifts over 6 hours. Currently this decision is left up to the employer themselves to decide if they will give their employees a break. When employers decide not to give their employees lunch breaks, it can be detrimental to their health. There are so many people out there who have to eat on set schedules for their health, be it because of diabetes or other health issues. My fiancee has been trying to recover for years from an eating disorder and not eating at all during 6-8 hour shifts can set them back in recovery as well as it causing their body to believe it is starving. It should be the employees choice to not eat during a break, not the employers choice to not give their employees breaks.

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The Issue

In Ohio, there is currently no law in place that requires employers to offer employee's over the age of 18 a lunch break for shifts over 6 hours. Currently this decision is left up to the employer themselves to decide if they will give their employees a break. When employers decide not to give their employees lunch breaks, it can be detrimental to their health. There are so many people out there who have to eat on set schedules for their health, be it because of diabetes or other health issues. My fiancee has been trying to recover for years from an eating disorder and not eating at all during 6-8 hour shifts can set them back in recovery as well as it causing their body to believe it is starving. It should be the employees choice to not eat during a break, not the employers choice to not give their employees breaks.

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The Decision Makers

Mike DeWine
Ohio Governor

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Petition created on February 12, 2019