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Under California meal break law (which is much more generous to employees than federal labor law), if you are a non-exempt worker, you are entitled to a 30-minute uninterrupted, duty-free meal break if you work more than 5 hours in a workday.
In general, to satisfy its obligation to provide a meal period, an employer must actually relieve employees of all duty, relinquish control over their activities, permit them a reasonable opportunity to take an uninterrupted 30-minute break (in which they are free to come and go as they please), and must not impede or discourage employees from ...
Employers must provide a second meal break of no fewer than 30 minutes for all workdays on which an employee works more than 10 hours. The second meal break must be provided no later than the end of an employee's 10th hour of work.
California wage and hour law requires employers to provide lunch or meal breaks to employees who work a minimum number of hours. Under Labor Code 512, non-exempt employees who work more than 5 hours per day must receive a minimum meal break of 30 minutes.
Most California workers must receive the following breaks: An uninterrupted 30-minute unpaid meal break when working more than five hours in a day. An additional 30-minute unpaid meal break when working more than 12 hours in a day. A paid 10-minute rest period for every four hours worked.
The Labor Code sets forth the following requirements for California mandatory breaks: Meal breaks. If you work more than five (5) hours in a day, you are entitled to an unpaid thirty (30) minute meal break. However, you can waive that meal break if you do not work more than six (6) hours in the day.
20 lut 2023 · California employees who are considered non-exempt have a legal right to receive meal breaks and rest periods. Here, a California attorney explains the law.
