State law requires employers to provide employees with restroom time and sufficient time to eat a meal. If the break is less than 20 minutes in duration, it must be counted as hours worked.Minnesota employers must provide "sufficient" unpaid time to allow employees who work at least eight consecutive hours to have a meal. Even though employers must offer meal breaks in Minnesota, it is not strictly stipulated that the break should last for 20 minutes. Minnesota: state law requires employers to provide employees with time to use the nearest restroom within each 4 consecutive hours of work. Workers have a right to at least a 30minute meal break or each 6 hours worked in a calendar day. Employees must receive a 30minute meal break, and any breaks lasting less than 20 minutes are considered compensable work time. Minnesota state law stipulates that "sufficient time" to eat a meal must be provided to all employees who work for eight hours or more consecutively. Under Minnesota law, an employer must provide "sufficient" unpaid time for a meal break to employees who work at least eight consecutive hours. It also says that breaks under 20 minutes need to be allowed without needing to clock out.