Common use of First Meal Period Clause in Contracts

First Meal Period. News Bureau employees shall receive in all tours of duty a first meal period of not less than thirty (30) minutes, nor more than sixty (60) minutes duration which shall be assigned or taken not earlier than the start of the third (3rd) hour and ending not later than the end of the sixth (6th) hour of such tour. When operationally feasible the meal will not be scheduled in the third hour of the tour. If such a meal period is not taken due to the exigencies of the assignment, then one-half (½) hour will be added to the end of the tour and be paid for at the appropriate rate.