Meal Periods & Breaks Sample Clauses
The Meal Periods & Breaks clause establishes the rules and entitlements regarding rest and meal breaks for employees during their work shifts. It typically outlines the minimum duration and timing of meal periods and rest breaks, and may specify whether these breaks are paid or unpaid, as well as any conditions for waiving or combining breaks. This clause ensures that employees receive adequate rest during work hours, promoting health and compliance with labor laws, and helps employers avoid disputes or violations related to break entitlements.
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Meal Periods & Breaks. Employees shall normally receive two (2) fifteen (15) minute paid rest periods, one to be granted before the meal break and one to be granted after. Rest periods shall be taken at the work site unless otherwise approved by the Employee's supervisor. Unless the prior approval of the Employer has been obtained, rest periods cannot be combined, used together or be taken as time off in lieu.
Meal Periods & Breaks. As required by the Fair Labor Standards Act, unpaid meal breaks shall be scheduled in the middle of the employee’s work shift, no more than five (5) hours after the beginning of the workday. Unpaid meal breaks shall be a minimum of thirty minutes long but shall not exceed one hour. During an unpaid meal break an employee must be relieved of all duties and be free to leave the premises. The District will provide a break room with limited kitchen facilities at the Recreation Park main building location. A half-hour meal break shall be taken for every work period of more than five (5) hours. For all workdays on which an employee works more than ten hours, a second unpaid meal break shall be taken. The second meal break may be waived only if: • The total hours worked on that workday does not exceed twelve; • There is mutual consent of the employee and department manager; and • The first meal period of the workday was taken. If an employee works no more than six hours in a given day the meal break may be waived by mutual consent of the employee and the employer. Rest periods may not be combined with meal breaks or used to allow an employee to come in fifteen minutes late or leave fifteen minutes early. Meal breaks may not be used to allow an employee to come in later or leave early. Employees are expected to observe their assigned working hours and the time required for meal and rest periods. The District will require that union employees lunch periods will begin and end at the specific site they are working in. Lunch breaks are thirty (30) minutes including travel time. However, an employee may use a District vehicle to travel to purchase a meal when on assignment away from home base, but such travel shall be included in the lunch period time.