Minimum Breaks. 6.1 Except when required for urgent or emergency work and except as provided in 6.2 no employee shall be required to work for more than five hours continuously without being allowed a meal break of not less than half an hour. 6.2 An employee unable to be relieved from work for a meal break shall be allowed to have a meal on duty and this period shall be regarded as working time. 6.3 Except where provided for in 6.2 an employee unable to take a meal after five hours' duty shall be paid at overtime rates from the expiry of five hours until the time when a meal can be taken. 6.4 Rest breaks of 10 minutes each for morning tea, afternoon tea or supper, where these occur during duty, shall be allowed as time worked. 6.5 Where an employee is required to change from their protective or work clothing prior to leaving the employer’s premises, sufficient time will be allowed on duty at the end of each work day or shift to change clothing.
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