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Have You Been Denied Meal or Rest Breaks at Work?

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Matern Law Group, PC is an employment law firm based in Oakland, CA.

Our work break lawyers have handled many cases involving claims for missed meal and rest breaks. In California, employers are required to permit and provide certain breaks for their employees. Laws require employers to provide and authorize meal periods and rest periods.

Under California law, an employee cannot work for more than five hours per day without being provided with a meal period of not less than thirty minutes. The only exception to this is if the employee’s total work period per is no more than six hours, in which case the meal period may be waived by mutual consent of both the employee and employer.

Where an employee works more than 10 hours per day, a second meal period of not less than thirty minutes must be provided. The only exception to this second meal period is if the employee’s total work period per day is not more than 12 hours period day, in which case the second meal period may be waived by mutual consent of both the employee and employer, but only if the first meal break was not waived.

Under California law, an employee must be authorized and permitted to take a rest period that is at the minimum rate of a net ten consecutive minutes for each four hour work period. The rest period must, as far as possible, be taken in the middle of the work period. Where an employee works for a total of less than three-and-a-half hours in a day, then a rest period is not required. There are other basic and more specific requirements, as well as exceptions, for rest period.

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