Break Length by Shift Duration

Minimum meal and rest break lengths based on hours worked. State rules vary, here is how to apply them per shift.

State-Specific Break Rules

Meal and rest break requirements by state. California, Oregon, Washington and Colorado have specific timing and premium pay rules.

Whether to require workers to clock out for meals, when auto-deduct is risky and how to document the choice.

When meal breaks come out of paid time and when they stay in. How to set the rule once and apply it cleanly.

Auto-deduct policies are a frequent source of wage claims. How to document waivers, premium pay and missed breaks defensibly.

What you can require, when you can schedule and where employee choice has to take over. The line between policy and overreach.

FLSA does not require meal or rest breaks, but if you offer them, here is how the pay rules work.

Recorded start and end times, attestation and premium-pay flags that produce a record an auditor can follow.