Section 26Part 4 — REMUNERATION AND HOURS OF WORK
Rest periods
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An employer shall allow an employee at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in each seven-day period.
An employer shall allow an employee who works an eight-hour shift or longer —
a rest break of at least fifteen minutes; and
a meal break of at least thirty minutes,
and the employee shall be paid at his basic wage for the fifteen-minute break but the remuneration for the meal break shall be agreed by contract between the employer and employee.
An employer in a "specified industry" (as defined in subsection (4)) shall, during each period of work, allow an hourly-paid employee, —
during each period of work of three to five hours, a minimum of fifteen minutes' break;
during each period of eight hours or more, a minimum of two breaks of at least fifteen minutes each; and
during each period of more than five hours a meal break of at least thirty minutes, in addition to the breaks specified in (a) or (b),
and the employee shall be paid for each of the fifteen-minute breaks at his basic wage, but the remuneration for the meal break shall be agreed by contract between the employer and the employee.
For the purposes of subsection (3) "specified industries" are —
construction;
manufacturing;
heavy-equipment operating;
hospitality;
water sports;
gardening or landscaping;
household domestic work; and
retail business.
An employer who does not comply with the requirements of subsections (1), (2) and (3) is guilty of an offence.
Rest and meal breaks required by subsections (2) and (3) and any other rest and meal breaks shall be taken at such times as are agreed between the employer and employee having regard to all the circumstances.
Defined Terms
specified industry