Meal Premiums Clause Samples
The Meal Premiums clause establishes the employer's obligation to provide additional compensation to employees when required meal breaks are not provided or are interrupted. Typically, this clause specifies the conditions under which a meal premium is owed, such as when an employee is unable to take an uninterrupted meal period due to work demands, and outlines the amount or rate of the premium payment, often as an extra hour of pay at the employee's regular rate. Its core practical function is to incentivize employers to comply with meal break requirements and to compensate employees for missed or inadequate meal periods, thereby promoting fair labor practices and workplace compliance.
Meal Premiums. (a) Subject to paragraph (b), if a Technician works longer than six (6) hours after his or her call to the set without a Meal Break or longer than six (6) hours after the conclusion of the previous Meal Break, the Producer shall pay a Meal Premium to the Technician at a rate of Five Dollars ($5.00) per fifteen (15) minute period for the duration of the infringement in addition to their regular rate of pay. The Technician will continue to work through the work period at the established rate of pay. The Producer may make a Twenty-Five Dollar ($25.00) per day payment (“buy-out”) on the next regular paycheque to any Driver in lieu of paying second (2nd) Meal Premiums. If the Producer chooses this option, the buy-out shall be paid to that Driver as an allowance on all “shoot days” and shall not apply toward overtime or turnaround premiums.
(b) On three (3) occasions per five (5) day work week, and four (4) occasions per six (6) day work week, during production a grace period of fifteen (15) minutes will be allowed before Meal Premium commences providing that the setup or shot was commenced within a reasonable time in advance of the required meal period, and that a meal is still provided. In the second six (6) hour period after the first Meal Break, there will be a thirty (30) minute grace period for a Meal Premium at wrap time, if wrap is called before the end of the sixth (6th) hour.
Meal Premiums. If a Guild Member assigned to the shooting crew works more than six (6) hours without the opportunity for a meal break, the Guild Member shall be paid in addition to any other payments outlined in this Agreement a meal premium of twenty dollars ($20.00).