Rest periods and breaks Clause Samples

The 'Rest periods and breaks' clause establishes the rights of employees to take designated periods of rest during their working hours. Typically, this clause outlines the minimum duration and frequency of breaks, such as lunch breaks or short rest intervals, and may specify whether these breaks are paid or unpaid. Its core practical function is to ensure employee well-being and compliance with labor regulations by preventing excessive work without adequate rest, thereby promoting health, safety, and productivity in the workplace.
Rest periods and breaks. Please make sure to get enough rest and look after yourself! Saturdays and Sundays are, as a rule, days off work. If, for service provision reasons, it is necessary to make Saturday a workday, a local agreement can be made to give another day off, preferably Monday. Each working week starts on a Monday. ‘Working day’ means a calendar day, i.e. a 24-hour period. WORKING HOURS, WORKING METHODS AND TRAVEL Employees are entitled to two breaks during their working hours each day.
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Rest periods and breaks. Employees in all bargaining unit classes are entitled to a fifteen (15) minute duty- free rest period during each four (4) hours of continuous work. A rest period shall count as fifteen (15) minutes of time worked for calculation of pay. Rest periods may be suspended when unusual emergency conditions require continuous performance of duties in order to protect or preserve life or property.
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Rest periods and breaks. 1. The rest period between the end of required employment (those duties listed in section (G)(a) above) on one day and the beginning of the required employment on the next day shall be twelve (12) hours except during the tech week preceding either the first public performance or the opening, but not both, when on no more than two consecutive days, it shall be not less than ten (10) hours. If the rest period is invaded by up to one hour, the Stage Manager and/or Assistant Stage Manager whose rest periods have been invaded shall be compensated at the overtime rate for one (1) hour. If the rest period is invaded by more than one (1) hour, the Stage Manager and/or Assistant Stage Manager whose rest periods have been violated shall be compensated at the overtime rate until the applicable rest period is given. This overtime rate shall be a calculation of category minimum divided by a 48-hour workweek multiplied by
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Rest periods and breaks. 1. The worker must be given at least ten (10) hours of rest (daily rest period) in each 24- hour period and a total of at least 77 hours of rest in each seven (7) day period. 2. The daily rest period may be divided into a maximum of two (2) periods, one of which must last for at least six (6) consecutive hours. The interval between consecutive rest periods must not exceed 14 hours. 3. The recording of rest periods in the relevant lists and schedules is provided for in the Seafarers’ Working Hours Act. 2) 4. Rescue and fire-fighting drills and drills using other safety equipment shall, if possible, be scheduled outside working hours included in the guaranteed wage and carried out in such a way as to cause the least possible disruption to the worker's rest periods and to avoid causing fatigue. 5. If a worker's rest period is interrupted by work calls or rescue and fire-fighting drills and drills using other safety equipment, the worker must be given adequate compensatory rest. 6. A break of less than 30 minutes does not count towards the rest periods referred to above. 7. Where a worker is assigned to work that is of a continuous nature or requires continuous presence, breaks must be provided during the period of work, where necessary, to allow for short periods of absence from the workplace. If the work is carried out at a time of day when the worker does not have the opportunity to take advantage of the meal and coffee breaks referred to in Section 5.6, he must be given at the latest at the
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Rest periods and breaks. (a) All employees shall be entitled to two fifteen (15) minute rest periods during each regular shift. (b) Employees are entitled to one-half (1/2) hour break without pay during a regular shift. (c) Employees are entitled to have an eight (8) hour break between regular shifts. (i) If an employee is required to return to work before his eight (8) hour break has ended, the employee shall be paid the appropriate overtime rate until he has had a full eight (8) consecutive hours break. (i.e. an employee who works on overtime to 3:00 a.m., and is called to work at 8:00 a.m. will be paid the overtime rate for all hours worked until he has had a break of eight (8) consecutive hours from work). (ii) An employee working overtime and is instructed to take an eight (8) hour break before the start of his next regular shift will not receive less than eight (8) hours pay (i.e. An employee on day shift works to 3:00 a.m. on overtime, takes an eight
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Rest periods and breaks. 12.01 An employee that works a shift in duration of four (4) to five (5) hours shall receive a fifteen (15) minute paid break. An employee that works a shift greater than five (5) hours, but less than six and one-half (6½) hours, will also receive a one-half (½) hour unpaid lunch break. An employee that works a shift greater than six and one-half (6½) hours, shall receive a second paid fifteen
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Rest periods and breaks. Employees other than the watch-keeping personnel shall be allowed a rest period of at least ten hours within each 24 hours (daily rest period) and a rest period of at least 77 hours during each period of seven days. The daily rest period may be divided into no more than two parts so that one of the parts continues uninterruptedly for at least six hours. The time between consecutive rest periods shall not exceed 14 hours. Provisions on including the rest periods in the relevant schedules are laid down in the Seamen’s Working Hours Act. If an employee’s rest period is interrupted by calls to work, he or she shall be provided with sufficient compensating time for rest. Rescue and fire-fighting drills and drills using other safety equipment shall, if possible, be organised outside working hours included in guaranteed wage and be conducted in a manner which causes the minimum of disturbance to employees’ rest periods and which does not induce fatigue. Breaks of less than 30 minutes are not included in the rest periods referred to above. If an employee is required to perform work that is continuously straining or entails continuous immobility, the employee shall, when necessary, be given breaks that allow him or her to leave the work space for a short period. If work is performed at such a time of day that an employee is unable to take the meal and coffee breaks referred to in Section 5.6, he or she shall be given a ten-minute rest period at the latest after each two-hour period, and the rest period is counted as working time. After each four hours of work, the employee shall have a half-hour coffee break which is not counted as working time. This shall not apply to emergency and safety duty.
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Related to Rest periods and breaks

  • Rest Periods All employees shall have two (2), fifteen (15) minute rest periods in each work period in excess of six (6) hours, one (1) rest period to be granted before and one (1) after the meal period. Employees working a shift of three and one-half (3½) hours, but not more than six (6) hours, shall receive one (1) rest period during such a shift. Rest periods shall not begin until one (1) hour after the commencement of work or not later than one (1) hour before either the meal period or the end of the shift. Rest periods shall be taken without loss of pay to the employees.

  • Rest Period During each normal work day, Saturdays, Sundays, and shift work, employees will be entitled to two (2) ten (10) minute paid rest periods to be scheduled and observed. When working a four (4) day, ten (10) hour schedule, the rest period will be fifteen (15) minutes each. - one (1) rest period at the mid-way point of the first half of the normal hours of work; - one (1) rest period at the mid-point of the second half of the normal hours of work. Rest period will be measured from ceasing work to commencement of labour and will be taken at a time determined by the employer.

  • Meal/Rest Periods All nurses shall receive an unpaid meal period of one-half (1/2) hour. Nurses required to remain on duty or in the Hospital during their meal period shall be compensated for such time at the appropriate rate of pay. All nurses shall receive one (1) fifteen

  • Meal Breaks and Rest Periods For each seven and one-half (7 ½) hour shift, subject to the provisions of Article 14.09, the Employer shall provide an unpaid meal break of one-half (½) hour and paid rest periods totalling one-half (½) hour, not to be taken in less than two (2) breaks. The Employer shall schedule meal breaks in such a way that an Employee be permitted to leave their work area. Operational requirements may be such that these breaks may not be able to be taken off the premises. These breaks shall be prorated for shift duration.

  • Interest Periods In connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan, the Borrower, by giving notice at the times described in Section 3.1(a), shall elect an interest period (each, an "Interest Period") to be applicable to such Loan, which Interest Period shall be a period of one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan; provided that: (i) the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of or conversion to any LIBOR Rate Loan or and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the next preceding Interest Period expires; (ii) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, that if any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day; (iii) any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; (iv) no Interest Period shall be permitted to extend beyond the Termination Date; and (v) there shall be no more than five (5) Interest Periods outstanding at any time.