Common use of Meals and Rest Breaks Clause in Contracts

Meals and Rest Breaks. On any day in which you are scheduled for more than 5 hours of work you will also be scheduled for a meal period. You are expected to begin this meal period as near as possible to its scheduled time, and required to take no less than 30 minutes for the period. On days in which you are scheduled for no more than 6 hours of work you may voluntarily agree to waive your meal period. Meal periods do not count as worked time, and are not compensated. You also will be authorized and permitted to take ten-minute paid rest breaks for every four hours worked or major fraction thereof (over two hours). Typically, in an 8-hour day, this will mean taking one break in the morning and another in the afternoon. These rest breaks will be scheduled breaks, and you should take them as near as possible to their scheduled time. Rest breaks count as compensable time. Time spent on breaks in excess of twenty minutes per day (or ten minutes per day for shifts under six hours) is not compensated. It is your responsibility to accurately log your rest breaks and meal periods according to instructions you will receive during training.