Common use of MEAL PERIOD/BREAK Clause in Contracts

MEAL PERIOD/BREAK. All employees shall be granted a lunch period during each work shift. Except in cases of emergency, lunch periods shall be duty free. Whenever possible, the lunch period shall be scheduled at the middle of each shift. If it is necessary to recall/reassign a person during lunch, the person will be provided another thirty (30) minute duty free lunchtime within that duty day. In the event that an employee is required to work two hours beyond his/her work shift, the employee shall receive $15.00 as a meal allowance. Employees shall be granted a paid fifteen (15) minute rest break during the first half of each shift and a paid fifteen (15) minute rest break during the second half of each shift, provided the rest breaks are not taken during the first hour nor the last hour of the regular work day, nor contiguous with the lunch period. If it is necessary due to the needs of the system to recall/reassign a person during a rest break, the person will be provided a rest break at another time within that duty day, when feasible. Employees who normally work four (4) or more hours but less than eight (8) hours are entitled to one (1) rest break not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes. The rest break period should be rescheduled as close to the middle of the four (4) hour work period as possible.