If you work over 5 hours in a day, you are entitled to a meal break of at least 30 minutes that must start before the end of the fifth hour of your shift. Workers have a right to at least a 30minute meal break or each 6 hours worked in a calendar day.Nonexempt California employees must be given a meal or lunch break for a minimum of 30 minutes for shifts longer than five hours. Employers in California have to pay workers properly. First 10 minute rest break at 2pm, meal period 30 minutes break 4pm. Meal should be taken no later than pm and last rest break at 6pm. You cannot employ someone for a work period of more than five hours without providing an unpaid, off-duty meal period of at least 30 minutes. If you have worked less than 6 hours in a day, you can agree to forego your meal break. You can also agree to take your meal break while on duty. Under California's meal break law, the employer must provide employees with an unpaid 30-minute meal break for every 5 hours they work.