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A lunch or other meal period is an approved period of time in a nonpay and nonwork status that interrupts a basic workday or a period of overtime work for the purpose of permitting employees to eat or engage in permitted personal activities. (See also Interruptions, below.)
1 Ιαν 2023 · Meal period is required where employees are not afforded necessary breaks and/or permitted to eat lunch while working. Guam ½ hour, after 5 hours, except when workday will be completed in 6 hours or less and there is mutual employer/employee consent to waive meal period.
Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks. However, when employers do offer short breaks (usually lasting about 5 to 20 minutes), federal law considers the breaks as compensable work hours that would be included in the sum of hours worked during the workweek and considered in determining if overtime was worked.
View the PDF for 29 CFR Part 785 Subpart C - Rest and Meal Periods. These links go to the official, published CFR, which is updated annually. As a result, it may not include the most recent changes applied to the CFR. Learn more.
22 Μαΐ 2024 · Rest and lunch breaks are covered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Referred to as break and meal periods by the DOL, federal law does not require them. The DOL does, however, provide information about whether companies must pay employees for those breaks if they are provided.
If you’re a federal employee concerned about lunch break rules and covered by a union, it’s a good time to familiarize yourself with your master agreement. The document will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about pay, leave, and breaks.
22 Αυγ 2024 · Understanding the federal laws around providing meal and rest breaks to employees is essential in maintaining compliance. This guide outlines the rules under the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA). To see the laws in individual states, please visit our HR Laws & Regulations resource.
