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. Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks.A.) An employee must be given a paid, 10 minute break for each 4 hour period of work. Nevada law requires employers to give employees a 30-minute meal break if they will work for eight or more continuous hours. Nevada workers are generally eligible for 30-minute unpaid lunch breaks if they work eight-hour shifts in the workday. Every employer shall authorize and permit covered employees to take rest periods, which, insofar as practicable, shall be in the middle of each work period. Per 4 hours worked with a meal break if you will work at least 6 hours in a shift. Employees are entitled to a 45-minute break for shifts more than 6 consecutive hours that begin between 1 p.m. Anyone working in a factory with a shift of more than six hours that begins between 1pm and 6am must also be given a sixty minute meal break. Section 162 of the New York Labor Law requires all public and private employers to give meal breaks to all employees who work at least 6 hours a day.