Rest and Meal Period Chart

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Rest and Meal Period Chart

Employers are subject to huge penalties for failing to provide employees with rest periods or meal periods required by law. Accordingly, it is essential that supervisors know the required number of rest and meal periods to provide employees.

To aid FELS subscribers in this endeavor, here is a chart stating the required number of rest and meal periods for a given number of hours worked in a workday.

Hours of Work

1

in a W orkday Less than 3? hrs. 3? hrs., but not more than 5 hrs. More than 5 hrs., but not more than 6 hrs. More than 6 hrs., but not more than 10 hrs. More than 10 hrs., but not more than 11 hrs. More than 11 hrs., but not more than 14 hrs. More than 14 hrs., but not more than 15 hrs. More than 15 hrs., but not more than 18 hrs.

Rest Periods

0 1 1 2 3 3 3 4

Meal Periods

0 0 12 1 22 2 32 3

Footnotes: 1 Net hours worked excluding unpaid periods such as meal periods.

2 Meal period may be waived by mutual consent of employer and employee if a work period of not more than six hours will complete the day's work. A meal period must be provided for each work period of not more than five hours. The five-hour period starts when the employee begins the work or when workday resumes following an unpaid meal period.

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