Meal Penalty Clause Samples
A Meal Penalty clause establishes the consequences if an employer fails to provide required meal breaks to employees during work shifts. Typically, this clause outlines additional compensation or penalties owed to employees when meal periods are missed, delayed, or shortened, such as paying an extra hour of wages for each violation. Its core function is to incentivize employers to comply with labor regulations regarding meal breaks and to compensate employees for the inconvenience or loss of rest time, thereby promoting fair workplace practices and reducing disputes over break entitlements.
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Meal Penalty. Bargaining unit employees shall be compensated with a limited one (1) hour meal penalty at the applicable “straight time,” for any meal not permitted between the beginning of the third hour of work and the beginning of the sixth hour of work. If management limits the allotted meal period to thirty (30) minutes, bargaining unit employees will remain on the clock during said meal period. In no event shall there be compound or cumulative (e.g., pyramid of) payments.
Meal Penalty. If an Employee is unable to have a meal period by the times specified in this Article, except as allowed in sections 14.5 and 14.7, the Company shall be required to pay a meal penalty until a meal period is provided or the Employee is wrapped. When their position allows, Employees shall make best efforts to schedule their own first meal period in consultation with the appropriate Department Head and shall not incur first meal penalties without approval from the Production Manager. Meal penalty shall be calculated as follows:
(1) First twelve (12) minutes (0.2 hour): $5.00 for any portion thereof.
(2) Next eighteen (18) minutes (0.3 hour): $7.50 for any portion thereof.
(3) Next one (1) hour: $2.50 for each six (6) minute (0.1 hour) increment.
(4) Thereafter: $3.00 for each six (6) minute (0.1 hour) increment.
Meal Penalty. (a) When a Technician is not given a meal period within the time limits required by Articles 12.2
(a) and 12.3, he/she shall receive in addition to his/her regular salary, compensation in an amount equal to one (1) times his basic hourly rate for each hour worked, with a minimum credit of ten (10) minutes, until a meal period is actually received, or until the end of the Technician’s work day. Payment shall not exceed three (3) times the basic hourly rate.
(b) This compensation is to be computed from the beginning of the last hour in which the meal period should have been assigned and extend to the start of the meal period given or until the end of the Technician’s work day; or from the end of the meal period given and extend to the end of the first hour in which the meal period should have been assigned.
Meal Penalty. When the Employee is not able to commence a meal/rest period by the end of the sixth hour of work as specified in Section 10.1 above, the Employee will be paid a penalty in addition to their hourly rate, until such time as the meal period is forthcoming. This penalty will be $3.00 for each 1/10th (.
1) hour increment. In no case shall any work period exceed nine (9) hours without a meal break. French Hours shall not be construed to violate this provision.
Meal Penalty. If an Employee is unable to have a meal period by the times specified in this article, the Company shall be required to pay a meal penalty of two times the Employee’s rate of pay in effect based on hourly increments but calculated in quarter hour segments until such a meal period is provided. Any part of a quarter hour shall constitute a full quarter hour.
Meal Penalty. Any meal provided at the expense of the Producer must be similar in quality to a standard Meal at that time of the day and offer a certain variety. It must be served in appropriate premises.
Meal Penalty. Notwithstanding Clause where the exigencies of the production of a program require and the performers agree to work during a meal period, performers will be compensated at double the work rate for such time worked.
Meal Penalty a. Modify the meal period penalties in Paragraph 20(h) of the Agreement to provide:
Meal Penalty. Unless the Company advises otherwise, the meal break will be taken between the third hour and the sixth hour. If the meal commences prior to the start of the third hour of a shift or ends later than the start of the sixth hour of the shift, as a result of a company directive, the employee will receive time and one half until the meal commences, or, if there is no meal break, until the end of the shift. If the meal break commences prior to the third hour of the shift, any qualifying employee will receive pay at time and one half until the commencement of the third hour. For employees working in Digital Services and Master Control only, no meal penalty above will be payable. An employee prohibited from taking a meal break during a shift will receive time and one half pay for the time of their scheduled meal break.
Meal Penalty. Notwithstanding Article where the exigencies of the production of a program require and the performers agree to work during a meal period, performers will be compensated at double t the work rate for such time worked.