Meal Breaks - Day Sample Clauses
The 'Meal breaks - Day' clause establishes the entitlement and scheduling of meal breaks for employees during daytime work shifts. Typically, it specifies the duration and timing of meal breaks, such as requiring a 30- or 60-minute unpaid break after a certain number of hours worked, and may outline whether the break is paid or unpaid. This clause ensures that employees have adequate rest periods during the workday, promoting health and productivity while also helping employers comply with labor regulations regarding rest periods.
Meal Breaks - Day. Workers
(1) hour on each day, and such time shall not be counted as part of the ordinary hours of work. By Agreement between the Company and the employee, the employee may delay the taking of their meal break at no penalty to the Company. Employees will be allowed their meal break after the 4th hour from the employee’s usual commencing time.
Meal Breaks - Day. Workers
(a) A meal break shall be of 30 minutes duration, unless otherwise agreed between the Company and employees, for special circumstances.
(b) An employee shall not be required to work for more than five hours without a break for a meal. Provided that by agreement between the company and the majority of employees in the plant, work section or sections concerned, employees may be required to work in excess of five hours but not more than six hours at ordinary rates of pay without a meal break.
(c) The time of taking a scheduled meal break or rest break by one or more employees may be altered by the company if it is necessary to do so in order to meet a requirement for continuity of operations.
(d) The company may stagger the time of taking a meal and rest break to meet operational requirements.
(e) Subject to the provisions of sub-clause 21.1(a), hereof, an employee shall work during meal breaks at ordinary rates of pay whenever instructed to do so for the purpose of making good breakdown of plant or upon routine maintenance of plant which can only be done while such plant is idle.
(f) Except as provided in sub-clauses 21.1(a) and 21.1(e), hereof, double time rates shall be paid for all work done during meal breaks and thereafter until a meal break is taken.
(g) Subject to sub-clauses 21.1(a) and 21.1(e) hereof, a day worker required to work overtime of one and a half hours or more which is continuous with the ordinary working hours, shall be allowed a meal break of thirty minutes, either:
(i) Before starting such overtime, if the overtime is at the conclusion of the employee’s ordinary working time; or
(ii) During or at the conclusion of such overtime if the overtime is immediately before the ordinary working time and of not more than four hours' duration; which shall be paid for at the rate of time and one half.
(h) The company and employee may agree to change the time of taking this overtime meal break.
(i) A day worker working overtime (including overtime on Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday) shall be allowed a meal break of thirty minutes without deduction of pay after each four hours of overtime worked where the overtime is to be continued after such meal break.
(j) A meal break shall not be regarded as time worked for the purpose of determining when the next meal break falls due.
Meal Breaks - Day. Workers - Employees are entitled to normal meal breaks on ordinary working days unless there is an emergency.
12.2.1. Employees may take meal breaks as they fall due or at some other time by arrangement with the team leader. However, employees must not go without a meal break for more than five hours unless there is an emergency.
Meal Breaks - Day. Workers
(a) A meal break shall be of 30 minutes duration, unless otherwise agreed between the Company and employees, for special circumstances.
(b) An employee shall not be required to work for more than five hours without a break for a meal. Provided that by agreement between the company and the majority of employees in the plant, work section or sections concerned, employees may be required to work in excess of five hours but not more than six hours at ordinary rates of pay without a meal break.
(c) The time of taking a scheduled meal break or rest break by one or more employees may be altered by the company if it is necessary to do so in order to meet a requirement for continuity of operations.
(d) The company may stagger the time of taking a meal and rest break to meet operational requirements.
(e) Subject to the provisions of sub-clause 21.1(a), hereof, an employee shall work during meal breaks at ordinary rates of pay whenever instructed to do so for the purpose of making good breakdown of plant or upon routine maintenance of plant which can only be done while such plant is idle.
(f) Except as provided in sub-clauses 21.1(a) and 21.1(e), hereof, double time rates shall be paid for all work done during meal breaks and thereafter until a meal break is taken.
(g) Subject to sub-clauses 21.1(a) and 21.1(e) hereof, a day worker required to work overtime of one and a half hours or more which is continuous with the ordinary working hours, shall be allowed a meal break of thirty minutes, either:
(i) Before starting such overtime, if the overtime is at the conclusion of the employee’s ordinary working time; or
(ii) During or at the conclusion of such overtime if the overtime is immediately before the ordinary working time and of not more than four hours' duration; which shall be paid for at the rate of time and one half.
(h) The company and employee may agree to change the time of taking this overtime meal break.
(i) A day worker working overtime (including overtime on Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday) shall be allowed a meal break of thirty minutes without deduction of pay after each four hours of overtime worked where the overtime is to be continued after such meal break.
(j) A meal break shall not be regarded as time worked for the purpose of determining when the next meal break falls due.