<p>For more on what constitutes hours worked under federal labor law go, tohttp://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs22.pdf; for more on meal breaks and paid time off go to http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/laborstandards/faq.shtm.</p>

For more on what constitutes hours worked under federal labor law go, tohttp://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs22.pdf; for more on meal breaks and paid time off go to http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/laborstandards/faq.shtm.

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