Common use of minute increments Clause in Contracts

minute increments. An employee working a daily shift of up to five (5) hours, is entitled to a paid fifteen (15) minute rest period. An employee working a shift of more than five (5) hours, but less than six (6) hours is entitled an additional fifteen (15) minute unpaid rest period to be taken in conjunction with their paid fifteen (15) minute rest period. By mutual agreement with the Employer these fifteen (15) minute rest periods may be taken non- consecutively. An employee working a shift of six (6) hours, but less than eight (8) hours is entitled to a fifteen (15) minute paid rest period and a half (1/2) hour unpaid meal period. The unpaid meal period shall be taken at approximately the mid-point of the shift. An employee working a shift of eight (8) hours is entitled to two (2) fifteen (15) minute paid rest periods and a half (1/2) hour unpaid meal period. The unpaid meal period shall be taken at approximately the mid-point of the shift. Nothing in this provision will prevent the Employer from instituting one (1) hour unpaid meal periods in substitution of half (1/2) hour unpaid meal periods.