how many hours break should i have between shifts?
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The minimum rest period in a 24-hour period should not be less than 11 consecutive hours. In general, workers are entitled to at least 11 hours rest per day, at least one day off each week, and a rest break during the shift if it is longer than six hours.
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Some workplaces have adopted a standard of 10 minutes break after 50 minutes of screen based work, or 5 minutes break after 25 minutes work. There is evidence to suggest that more frequent but shorter breaks are more beneficial. Rest breaks should be recuperative, and take place away from the VDU.
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12 hour shifts are legal. However, the regulations generally require that there should be a break of 11 consecutive hours between each 12 hour shift.
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Rest breaks at work. Workers have the right to one uninterrupted 20 minute rest break during their working day, if they work more than 6 hours a day. This could be a tea or lunch break. The break doesn't have to be paid - it depends on their employment contract.
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Employees who work at least 8 consecutive hours must be provided a meal break (sufficient time to eat a meal). Meal breaks are not counted as hours worked – but should “generally” be 30 minutes or more (so says the State), so the employee is “completely relieved from duty” to eat.
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Most other employees who work at least 6 hours per day are entitled to at least a 30-minute meal break. Employees who begin working before 11:00 am and continue working until at least 7 pm are entitled to an additional 20 minute meal break between 5 and 7 pm, for a minimum of at least 50 minutes per day.
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15 minute break for 4-6 consecutive hours or a 30 minute break for more than 6 consecutive hours. If an employee works 8 or more consecutive hours, the employer must provide a 30-minute break and an additional 15 minute break for every additional 4 consecutive hours worked.
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Daily rest breaks Where this is not possible, you must be given “equivalent compensatory periods of rest” or “appropriate protection”. 12 hour shifts are legal. However, the regulations generally require that there should be a break of 11 consecutive hours between each 12 hour shift.
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British Columbia - Rest Periods You must also be provided with a minimum eight hours off between shifts. Your employer must provide you with a 30-minute meal break if you have to work more than five consecutive hours.
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You're usually entitled to: a 30 minute rest break if you work for more than 4 hours and 30 minutes in a day. 12 hours rest between each working day.
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The law only says you have a right to a 20-minute break if you work more than 6 hours. It does not say when the break must be given. As such, your employer is allowed to ask you to take your break at this time.
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If you're aged 18 or over and work for more than 6 hours a day, you're entitled to: an uninterrupted rest break of at least 20 minutes, taken during the day rather than at the beginning or end (eg tea or lunch break) 11 hours rest in a row between each working day.
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In Washington, employees who will work more than five consecutive hours are entitled to a 30-minute meal break, not less than two hours nor more than five hours from the beginning of their shifts. This time must be paid if the employee is on duty or is required to be at a site for the employer's benefit.
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Rest breaks if you're over school leaving age but under 18 You're usually entitled to: a 30 minute rest break if you work for more than 4 hours and 30 minutes in a day. 12 hours rest between each working day.
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Under the regulations, a contractor is entitled to a 20 minute break if expected to work more than six hours consecutively. They should also have an 11-hour break between working days and should have weekly rest – a 'weekend' – of 24 hours away from work once a week and 48 hours without work each fortnight.
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The law in Massachusetts states that an employer must provide a thirty-minute meal break during each work shift that lasts more than six hours. This one half-hour meal break is unpaid. In addition, Massachusetts' law does not require employers to provide any rest breaks."
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The specifics on the Missouri labor law for breaks include a meal break for any shift that's more than 5 ½ hours time. In addition, under the Missouri labor law for breaks, you can expect a 15-minute break as well for each 2-hour consecutive length of work in the shift.