Common use of Unpaid Meal Period Clause in Contracts

Unpaid Meal Period. a) For all operations other than regular operations requiring more than nineteen and one-half (19½) continuous hours, an unpaid meal period of not less than thirty (30) minutes nor more than one (1) hour shall be provided and regularly assigned within one (1) hour each way from the middle of the tour of duty. b) When the needs of the service make it necessary, such meal period may be given within a period of forty-five (45) minutes in advance of or forty-five (45) minutes following the established meal period. c) If such meal period is not allowed within the range set forth in F.2.b. above, the employee shall be paid for the full meal period at the rate of time and one-half and in lieu of the full meal period will be granted twenty (20) minutes away from the employee’s work station without deduction in pay. d) If no meal period is permitted during the employee’s tour of duty, the employee shall be paid one (1) hour at the rate of time and one-half.