For shifts 10 hours or longer, an employee is entitled to two 30-minute breaks. An employee is not entitled to any breaks if their shift is 5 hours or less.The short answer is no. Alberta's Employment Standards Code (ESC) doesn't require employers to provide non-unionized employees with meal breaks. As an employee in Alberta, your employer must provide you with an unpaid 30minute break after working for five hours in a row. Laws for minimum wage, overtime, holidays, job-protected leaves, vacations, hours of work, earnings, youth workers and termination. In Alberta the Labour Law is that if you work more than a 5 hour shift your employer is required to give you one 30 min break. Most employees (there are some exemptions) can take one 30minute break for a meal, in their first five hours of work. Employees in Alberta are entitled to rest breaks free from work. Employers must provide at least 30 minutes of break for every 5 hours of work.