093_SB0779 LRB093 03142 WGH 03159 b 1 AN ACT concerning employment. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Child Labor Law is amended by changing 5 Section 4 as follows: 6 (820 ILCS 205/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 31.4) 7 Sec. 4. Meal period. No minor under sixteen (16) years of 8 age shall be employed, or permitted to work in any gainful 9 occupations mentioned in Section 1 of this Act for more than 10 five (5) hours continuously without an interval of at least 11 thirty (30) minutes for meal period, and no period of less 12 than thirty (30) minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a 13 continuous period of work. 14 (Source: Laws 1945, p. 754.)