Break Periods. All employees shall receive one fifteen minute break period approximately midway in the shift during each shift. The supervisor retains the right to schedule employees' break periods to fulfill the operational needs of the various work units. Break periods may not be accumulated, that is, if an employee does not receive a break period because of operational requirements, such break periods may not be taken during a subsequent work period. In the event an employee is required to work overtime, there shall be a fifteen minute break period after two hours of work if the employee is required to work beyond such two hours. All employees shall be granted a lunch period which shall be unpaid. Whenever possible the lunch period will be scheduled at the middle of the shift and shall not be less than thirty minutes nor more than one hour in length, the exact scheduling and length of which shall be determined by the appropriate supervisor. In the event an employee is required to work overtime, there shall be a lunch period every four hours if the employee is required to work beyond four hours.
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Samples: Hourly Employee Negotiated Agreement, Hourly Employee Negotiated Agreement, Hourly Employee Negotiated Agreement
