State law requires employers to provide employees with restroom time and sufficient time to eat a meal. Employees are entitled to a 45-minute break for shifts more than 6 consecutive hours that begin between 1 p.m.Under Minnesota's right-to-work law, employers can't discriminate based on labor union membership. What is the law for breaks at work in Minnesota? Defined in this AGREEMENT. Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks. Employee meal breaks are required to be at least 30 minutes if an employee works six hours anywhere throughout New York state. This AGREEMENT, hereinafter referred to as the AGREEMENT, is entered into between the County of Hennepin, hereinafter. Did you get a Summons to Jury Service in the Mail? Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly roundup of labor news in Minnesota and beyond.