Common use of Second Meal Period Clause in Contracts

Second Meal Period. News Bureau employees shall receive a second meal period of not less than thirty (30) minutes nor more than sixty (60) minutes duration in tours of duty of more than twelve (12) hours, to be paid at the prevailing subse- quent meal rate, unless a meal is provided by the Company. This second meal period shall be assigned or taken beginning not earlier than the start of the ninth (9th) hour of the tour and end not later than the end of the thirteenth (13th) hour of the tour. If such a meal 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.