Rest and Lunch Period. The work schedule shall provide for a fifteen (l5) minute rest period during each one- half (1/2) shift.
Rest and Lunch Period. 1. Employees will normally be allowed a fifteen (15) minute rest period during each four hour period of work. This time shall be considered as hours worked for the purpose of overtime computation. Such rest periods will not be unreasonably denied. Time worked during a period normally designated as a rest period may not be considered as overtime and may not be used in adjusting a work schedule for lunch, late arrival, or early departure.
2. The normal schedule shall include a provision for an unpaid duty-free lunch period during the mid-portion of the workday except for those employees in a division which provides 24 hour direct client care, or as required due to the assignment to a hotline. A meal period may only be excluded from “hours worked” provided that the following three criteria are met: the meal period must be at least 30 minutes in length; the employee must be relieved of all duties; and the employee must be free to leave the work station.
3. If an employee is required or approved by the supervisor to work through the employee’s unpaid lunch period, the Employer may adjust the employee’s work schedule to allow equal time off in that work week. If the employee’s schedule cannot be adjusted in that work week, the employee will be granted compensatory time in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
4. If such area currently exists and is available for use, an employee will continue to have access to a room or indoor lounge area in the facility that is not available to clients or the general public in which to take a rest or lunch period.
Rest and Lunch Period. 6.1 All employees shall be granted a fifteen (15) minute rest period in each four (4) or five (5) hour shift which shall be as nearly as practicable in the middle of each shift, but within two and one -half (2-1/2) hours after the shift starts. Employees will be provided with seventeen (17) minutes of paid time off the line to take the break. The additional two (2) minutes of paid time in addition to the fifteen (15) minute rest period are provided to allow employees to conduct any required donning and xxxxxxx before and after the rest period. Employees who are tied to a production line operation may be relieved by rotation for a seventeen (17) minute rest period each four (4) hour shift. All other employees will be allowed equivalent time in an informal manner. If an employee is scheduled to work more than one hour beyond the end of the regular eight (8) hour shift, the employee shall be given an additional seventeen (17) minutes off the line to take a fifteen (15) minute rest period at the end of nine (9) hours of work. When a rest period is given at nine (9) hours of work and the employees work beyond ten hours, an additional rest period will be given at ten (10) hours.
6.2 Employees will be provided with 34 minutes off the line to take the lunch break. The additional four
Rest and Lunch Period. Due to the nature of the driver/route builder positions, rest periods shall be taken at the discretion of the employee and shall be reasonable. Lunch periods shall consist of a twenty (20) minute unpaid break.
Rest and Lunch Period. The Employer agrees to provide one (1) paid fifteen (15) minute break. After an employee works ten (10) continuous hours, he shall receive an additional paid twenty (20) minute meal/coffee break and a $5 meal allowance.
Rest and Lunch Period. The Hospital may schedule ½ hour-1 hour lunch periods depending on the needs of the business.
