Rest and Meal Periods The Hospital, the Association Sample Clauses

Rest and Meal Periods The Hospital, the Association and the bargaining 29 unit nurses have a mutual interest in nurses taking their meal and rest breaks. The 30 Hospital is responsible for providing rest breaks and meal periods; it is the nurse’s 31 responsibility to take them. Accurate reporting of a missed meal period or rest break is 32 not a basis for disciplinary action. 33 One 15 minute paid rest period shall be allowed for each four hour period of 34 employment, and one 30 minute meal period on the nurse’s own time. The Hospital will 1 comply with all legal requirements with respect to meals and breaks if not otherwise 2 provided in this agreement, with the understanding that all exceptions to such legal 3 requirements must be permissible under the law. To ensure compliance with all legal 4 requirements with respect to meal and break periods, the Hospital will provide adequate 5 staffing, which shall be reflected in the unit based plan described in sub-part F below. 6 The Hospital will work with the Association and nurses to accommodate nurses’ needs 7 and legal requirements with respect to meals and breaks as long as all 8 accommodations are either in accordance with or permissible under state and federal 9 law.