Meals and Breaks
Breaks:
Unpaid meal breaks of not less than 30 minutes will be provided to nonexempt employees who work a six or more hour shift. For work periods of seven hours or less (but at least six), the meal period must be taken between the second and fifth hour worked. If the work period is more than seven hours, the meal period must be taken between the third and sixth hour worked. The meal period begins when work is stopped and ends when work is commenced. Employees are allowed to leave the job site during their meal period, but they
must be able to return to the site on time.
A nonexempt employee must take a rest period of not less than ten minutes for each four hours worked. Insofar as feasible, the break should be taken approximately midway through a four-hour work segment. Breaks run from the time work stops to the time work begins. Employees are not allowed to leave the job site during a break.
Meal periods and rest breaks may not be combined to allow for a longer lunch, late arrival or early departure. Failure to take meal periods and rest breaks will be grounds for discipline, up to and including termination.