Common use of Unpaid Meal Break Clause in Contracts

Unpaid Meal Break. Shifts in excess of five (5) hours per day shall include, in addition to the above, a duty-free, unpaid meal break of not less than thirty (30) minutes, to be as near the middle of the shift as possible. Employees required to work through their regular meal breaks will be given time to eat at a time agreed upon by the employee and the supervisor. In the event the District requires an employee to forego a meal break and the employee works the entire shift, including the meal break, the employee shall be compensated for the foregone meal break at the appropriate rates.

Unpaid Meal Break. Shifts in excess of five (5) hours per day shall include, in addition to the above, a duty-free, unpaid meal break of not less than thirty (30) minutes, to be as near the middle of the shift as possible. Employees required to work through their regular meal breaks will be given time to eat at a time agreed upon by the employee and the supervisor. In the event the District requires an employee to forego a meal break and the employee works the entire shift, including the meal break, the employee shall be compensated for the foregone meal break at the appropriate rates.)