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Labor Laws For California Lunch Breaks In North Carolina
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Generally yes, an employer can require an employee to take lunch or rest breaks (although not required by law in some states) for any given amount of time.
Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks.
How many breaks in a 6-hour shift in North Carolina? Minor employees would receive one 30-minute break during a 6-hour shift. No break requirement is in effect for employees ages 16 and over.
Since there is no law around providing meal breaks to adult employees, the ability to waive an employer-offered break would depend on company policy.
The North Carolina Wage and Hour Act does not require mandatory rest breaks or meal breaks for employees 16 years of age or older. The WHA requires breaks only for youths under 16 years of age.
Q: Can you combine meal and rest breaks in California? A: Rest and meal breaks should not be combined. If you have worked for 12 hours, your boss cannot simply give you a 1-hour meal break and say that it qualifies for your entire meal break. Instead, you should be given two separate meal breaks.
California Meal Break Law Requirements If you work over 5 hours in a day, you are entitled to a meal break of at least 30 minutes that must start before the end of the fifth hour of your shift. BUT, you can agree with your boss to waive this meal period provided you do not work more than 6 hours in the workday.
Note, rest breaks and meal breaks are supposed to be separate, they should not be combined. Your boss cannot give you a single 1-hour break and say that that counts as all of your meal breaks and rest breaks.
Under California Law, non-exempt employees working in California can sign a waiver with their employer, stating that they will not take a meal break as long as their shift is less than 6 hours in a day. Such waivers are not permissible if the employee works for more than 6 hours uninterrupted in a single shift.
Sorry, that's not legal in California for a first meal break. You can't waive lunch in order to leave early unless your work day is between 5 and 6 hours. You don't get a lunch break for less than 5 hours and must take it if you work over 6. You can (if both employer and employee consent) waive a second meal break.
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The North Carolina Wage and Hour Act does not require mandatory rest breaks or meal breaks for employees 16 years of age or older. Workers have a right to at least a 30minute meal break or each 6 hours worked in a calendar day.State law requires paid breaks. The employee works through a break time (e.g. State law mandates that employees under 16 be given a 30 minute meal break if they have worked five hours or more. This may be an unpaid break. Neither federal nor North Carolina labor laws require employers to give employees rest or meal breaks if they are over the age of 16. Meal break: North Carolina requires a meal break for minors but does not mandate meal breaks for adult employees. If you are working fewer than 7.5 hours, no lunch break is required. Employers in North Carolina are not required to provide rest breaks or meal breaks for employees aged 16 and older.