Delayed meal break Clause Samples
A Delayed Meal Break clause sets out the conditions under which an employee’s scheduled meal break may be postponed. Typically, this clause allows employers to delay meal breaks due to operational needs or unforeseen circumstances, provided that the break is rescheduled within a certain timeframe or that additional compensation is provided. Its core function is to provide flexibility in scheduling while ensuring employees still receive appropriate rest periods, thereby balancing business requirements with employee welfare.
Delayed meal break. Where an employee does not complete his/her meal break within the time prescribed in 36.1.1, as a result of having been required to continue working and thus deferring his/her meal interval, he/she shall be paid at the rate of time and a half for the first half hour and double- time thereafter for all time elapsing between the time at which the meal is customarily taken and the time the meal interval is commenced.