Employers in New York State must provide certain employees with at least 24 consecutive hours of rest in any calendar week. Employee meal breaks are required to be at least 30 minutes if an employee works six hours anywhere throughout New York state.All Workers are entitled to an additional 20-minute meal break between p.m. Employees are entitled to a 30-minute break between 11 a.m. New York law does not require employers to give employees a rest break. Employees working over six hours in a shift in New York are entitled to a 30minute uninterrupted meal break. All Employees (including both factory and non-factory workers) – All New York workers have the right to an extra 20-minute break between p.m. If an employee works a shift of more than six hours that starts between 1 p.m. Call 311 (212-NEW-YORK outside NYC) and specify the worker protection law. While federal law does not require workers to be provided with regular breaks, employers that allow short rest breaks must compensate employees for that time.