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Meal and Rest Breaks
Updated to reflect amendments regarding rest breaks, effective March 27, 2020.
Updated to reflect the repeal of the rest break requirements for minors, effective April 1, 2020.
Updated to reflect the Baltimore lactation ordinance, effective March 13, 2019.
Updated to reflect amendments to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination regarding breastfeeding employees, effective January 8, 2018.
Use this flowchart to determine whether the time that a nonexempt employee spends waiting, on call, on a meal break or on a rest break counts as "hours worked" under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Updated to reflect an amendment regarding rest breaks, effective September 13, 2017.
HR Guidance on complying with federal and state requirements governing employee meal and rest breaks.