Employers in NYS must provide certain employees with at least 24 consecutive hours of rest in any calendar week. Non-Factory Workers are entitled to a 30-minute lunch break between a.m. and.Employee meal breaks are required to be at least 30 minutes if an employee works six hours anywhere throughout New York state. New Jersey labor laws state that adult employees are not entitled to workday meal and rest breaks. That's a legally binding contract. Management has to enforce it even if you do not want to take a lunch break at that time. DOL provides free electronic copies of the required posters and some of the posters are available in languages other than English. California employers must provide a 30minute lunch break when an employee works five hours or more and a second meal break after 10 hours of work. Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks. Workers have a right to at least a 30-minute meal break if they work more than six hours during a calendar day.