Common use of Working through Lunch Clause in Contracts

Working through Lunch. Employees are strongly encouraged to take their lunch break for employee health and safety reasons. Only in situations where a supervisor and a member of the management team jointly determine that the demands of a job assignment require that the employee/crew work through the regularly scheduled lunch break are employees allowed to work through lunch. In cases where working through a scheduled lunch is approved the supervisor will consult with the employee and determine which of the following three (3) options will be utilized: take the lunch break at another time during the current work shift, paid overtime for the lunch period, or allowed to leave work early that day. A supervisor and a member of the management team, at his/her discretion may grant or deny an employee’s request to work through lunch for personal reasons, after the supervisor considers operational needs, impact on other employees, need for supervision and other such matters as the supervisor deems appropriate.