Employers are obligated to pay their employees for breaks of 20 minutes or less under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in a precedential decision Friday.

The court affirmed a district judge’s ruling granting the secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor’s motion for partial summary judgment on its claims that Progressive Business Publications failed to pay a minimum wage.

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