Employers in NYS 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.Non-Factory Workers are entitled to a 30-minute lunch break between a.m. and. Employees are entitled to a 45-minute break for shifts more than 6 consecutive hours that begin between 1 p.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. This pamphlet is intended to provide Employers and Employees with general information about their employment rights and responsibilities in New York State. Generally, New York law requires employers to provide a meal break. Call 311 (212-NEW-YORK outside NYC) and specify the worker protection law. If you work in a factory, you are entitled to a onehour break.