Common use of AND REST PERIODS Clause in Contracts

AND REST PERIODS. All employees shall be entitled to a paid one-half hour lunch break in each normal work day, paid at the prevailing rate. The Company shall allow employees two work breaks of no more than 15 minutes each, one in each half of a regular shift. An employee shall receive a paid 15-minute work break after completing one hour of overtime work beyond his scheduled shift. Employees shall be afforded identical lunch periods and work breaks on scheduled overtime shifts. Employees working overtime at the completion of their regular shift shall be afforded a fifteen (15) minute work break after completion of one hour overtime. In the event the employee is still working overtime three (3) hours after the completion of his regular shift, he shall then be afforded a paid half hour lunch break. Additional work breaks shall be afforded every two and one-half (2.5) hours thereafter. It is agreed that upon returning to the warehouse at the end of the day, for employees working on the fleet, all breaks will be assumed to have been taken unless prior permission to take breaks at the warehouse at the end of the shift has been given by the employees’ Supervisor. The Company agrees to maintain adequate, clean and sanitary lunchroom and toilet facilities according to government regulations. Employees shall use such facilities carefully and considerately.