Meal Periods

Hourly (non-exempt) employees receive a meal period of not less than thirty minutes (off duty, unpaid time) if the employee works for a period of more than five consecutive hours. The meal period is normally taken between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm, and must be at least 1 hour after starting and 1 hour before ending a shift, to the extent practical. For meal periods to be unpaid, non-work time, employees must be completely relieved of all duties, allowed to leave the work site, and allowed to do personal activities.

If for some reason, it is impractical for the employee to have an uninterrupted, duty-free meal period such that the employee is required to remain in the work area (e.g. to answer phone calls, handle walk-in inquiries, etc.), an "on-duty" meal period will be permitted, which shall be paid time and counted as time worked for overtime purposes.

Contact your supervisor for more information on a specified lunch break.