There are no state laws regarding breaks or meal periods, so federal law applies. The federal law does not require employers to provide breaks, but if they choose to do so, breaks less than 20 minutes must be paid. Meal periods do not need to be paid as long as the employees are free...
242The year 1934 – the year in which the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, passed into law its sterilization law (1 June 1934 Lov om adgang til sterilisasjon243)– was only the 29th year of the formal existence of the modern nation state of Norway. After the population had reached ...