California’s Basic Requirements for Daily R&R California hourly workers are entitled to certain rest and meal breaks depending on how many hours they work in a given day. The basic rules: employers must provide an unpaid off-duty meal period at least 30 minutes long for every 5 hours in a workday, and 10 minute paid […]
Can’t catch a break?? On-Duty Meal Breaks In California, generally an employer may not have an hourly wage employee work more than five hours per day without providing that employee with at least a thirty minute meal break. However, if that worker will complete the day’s work in six hours, the worker and employer may […]