Section 50 Meal Time

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

“Bona fide meal periods are not worktime. Bona fide meal periods do not include coffee breaks or time for snacks,” which are rest periods. 29 C.F.R. § 785.19(a). “Ordinarily, 30 minutes or more is long enough for a bona fide meal period.” Id. A bona fide meal period is when the employee is “completely relieved from duty for the purposes of eating regular meals.” Id. “For example, an office employee who is required to eat at his desk or a factory worker who is required to be at his machine is [said to be]...