Employers must provide a second meal break of no fewer than 30 minutes for all workdays on which an employee works more than 10 hours. According to California law, employers may not require an employee to work or to be on call during a meal or rest break.If your workday is more than five hours long but less than six, you are legally permitted to waive your right to a meal break if you choose to do so. Workers have a right to at least a 30minute meal break or each 6 hours worked in a calendar day. Under California law, non-exempt employees are entitled to one unpaid 30-minute meal break, and two paid 10-minute rest breaks, during a typical 8-hour shift. Employees are entitled to one unpaid 30minute meal break for every five hours of work. Employees show up for work on specific days and hours that the employer designates. They take a meal break at a set time and leave work at a certain hour. Agricultural employers must pay their workers for all hours worked. It is likely that such break constitutes a "bona fide" meal break rather than a split shift.