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.Laws for minimum wage, overtime, holidays, job-protected leaves, vacations, hours of work, earnings, youth workers and termination. The short answer is no. Alberta's Employment Standards Code (ESC) doesn't require employers to provide non-unionized employees with meal breaks. There are two sources of notice of termination: statutory notice and common law reasonable notice. Welcome to the newest version of the Alberta Labour Relations Board's A Guide to Alberta's. Labour Relations Laws. As an employee in Alberta, your employer must provide you with an unpaid 30minute break after working for five hours in a row. An employee is entitled to one 30-minute paid or unpaid break after the first 5 hours of work for shifts that are between 5 and 10 hours long.