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Employees must also be given a meal period of at least 20 minutes for every 7.5-hour shift beginning no later than 5 hours after the start of the shift, with an additional 20-minute meal period if working a 12-hour shift or longer. Reasonable restroom breaks, in addition to the meal break must be provided. (Effective January 1, 2023)
1 sty 2023 · Meal Breaks: Employers must provide their employees with at least a 20-minute meal break for every 7.5 hours worked, and no later than 5 hours after the start of the shift. Meal Break Example: A worker who is scheduled to work from 8 am to 8 pm must be allowed to take a first meal break before 1 pm; and a second meal break before 6 pm.
14 sie 2024 · Illinois Law Requires Meal Breaks. Illinois employers must provide a meal break to employees who work at least seven and a half continuous hours. This break must be at least 20 minutes long, and it must start no later than five hours after the beginning of the shift.
1 sty 2023 · The law requiring that employers whose employees are scheduled to work at least 7-1/2 hours in a particular day must be provided with an unpaid meal break of at least 20 minutes no later than 5 hours into the workday has been amended, effective January 1, 2023.
1 sty 2023 · An employer may not force an employee to work through a meal break. As such, employees must be permitted to take a meal break for every 7.5 hours worked no later than 5 hours after the start of the shift. An additional 20-minute meal break must be permitted if working a 12-hour shift or longer.
17 lut 2024 · Illinois law mandates employees who work a shift of 7.5 hours or more must receive a meal break of at least 20 minutes. This break should be given no later than 5 hours into a shift.
Federal law doesn’t require meal breaks, but Illinois law does. If you work at least 7.5 hours a day, it entitles you to a 20 minute meal period. That meal period must begin “no later than 5 hours after the start of the work period.”
