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How do meal breaks work?

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You’re entitled to unpaid meal breaks according to the table below (where “x” represents the number of hours in your workday).

Meal breaks should be off-duty (and thus unpaid). However, if your facility requires you to work during your meal break for the sake of patient care or safety, then you must have prior written and signed approval from your supervisor for each meal break for which you are working.

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