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Recently, the government has been beginning to notice the employee laws, and examine them more closely. Specifically, the law that states the amount of time an employee may spend on break.  According to the government, fifteen minuets are not enough for an employee to have a snack, smoke, and relax. The government is debating on whether or not the break time should be changed to at least a half an hour.  As part of the longer break law, the government would like to provide breast-feeding facilities for women. Many different places of employment have child day care. For babies that need to be breast feed, they need their mother. So the government would like to provide a separate room for them.

            However, when trying to have a new law or act passed, many of congress or government has to approve it, or they have the option to Vito it. So many of the congress have to agree to pass the law. According to Phil O Reilly "The government should undergo research and support the employees." Phil O Reilly is just one of the few people working in the government that hopes a change will be made soon. As the blog post is being written, Phil and many others are researching by surveying employees about their breaks. The survey asks three questions

-What do you do on your break?

-How long is your current break time?

-Is this break a long enough time to give you some peace?

            The three questions are to help the government get enough information to change the law. In order for the government to have enough information to change the law, the need the support of at least one hundred and fifty government officials. They also need proof that the survey is not unequal. Unequal meaning the not just women with children are survey, not just one race is surveyed, and both genders are surveyed. According to Phil, the government is trying there best. If they were really trying there best, then the break law would have been changed years ago. Especially for those who don't even get a break at all.

            There is a slight fear that things may become worse. "We are keen on evidence-based law, because without evidence of actual problems there is the danger of getting prescriptive rules that make things worse." That's a quote from an unidentified government employee. The chance that conditions may worsen may possibly cause employees to be hesitant or helping to get the law changed. Hopefully, this will work out well, and employees well get the break time that they truly deserve.