Common use of MEAL PERIODS AND REST BREAKS Clause in Contracts

MEAL PERIODS AND REST BREAKS. Nurses shall receive an unpaid meal period of one-half (1/2) hour and a paid rest break of fifteen (15) minutes in each four (4) hour period of work. Nurses required to work during the meal period shall be compensated for such work at the appropriate rate. Nurses are responsible for taking their rest breaks. The Employer is responsible for providing adequate staffing so that nurses may take their permitted breaks. If a nurse requests and is denied the opportunity to take a rest break during the applicable four (4) hour period of work, then the nurse shall be compensated for such break time at one and one-half (1½) times the nurse’s regular rate of pay.

MEAL PERIODS AND REST BREAKS. Nurses shall receive an unpaid meal period of one-half (1/2) hour and a paid rest break of fifteen (15) minutes in each four (4) hour period of work. Nurses required to work during the meal period shall be compensated for such work at the appropriate rate. Nurses are responsible for taking their rest breaks. The Employer is responsible for providing adequate staffing so that nurses may take their permitted breaks. If a nurse requests and is denied the opportunity to take a rest break during the applicable four (4) hour period of workbreak, then the nurse shall be compensated for such break time at one and one-half (1½) times the nurse’s regular rate of pay.