Lunch Breaks. (a) A lunch break of either one-half (½) hour or one (1) hour duration will be taken midway between the starting and quitting time of each shift. However, if job conditions require, the lunch break may be moved up to one (1) hour in either direction. (b) If an employee is not provided time to commence his lunch period between one (1) hour before and one (1) hour after the mid-point of the shift, he shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate for working through his lunch period. In such cases where the employee is not provided with a lunch break, the regular working day shall not be arbitrarily reduced when work is available.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Lunch Breaks. (a) A lunch break of either one-half (½) hour or one (1) hour duration will be taken midway between the starting and quitting time of each ea ch shift. However, if job conditions require, the lunch break may be moved up to one (1) hour in either direction.
(b) If an employee is not provided time to commence his lunch period between one (1) hour before and one (1) hour after the mid-point of the shift, he shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate for working through his lunch period. In such cases where the employee is not provided with a lunch break, the regular working day shall not be arbitrarily reduced when work is available.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
