If an employee is called to duty during the rest break, he or she must receive the remaining break time intermittently within the four-hour work period. White House; Reposted with permission. hour, if work period is more than 5 consecutive hours, to be given not less than 2 hours nor more than 5 hours from beginning of shift. Code 296-131-020(2). The Wage and Hour Division enforces federal labor laws pertaining to work hours, . The Washington Supreme Court held inDemetrio v. Sakuma Brothers Farms, Inc., 183 Wn.2d 649, 355 P.3d 258 (2015), that agricultural employers must provide separate payment for rest breaks to piece-rate workers at a special "regular rate." Non-agricultural and agricultural workers over 18 years old have different standards for rest breaks and meal periods. employers to record breaks because the state's laws are so specific, McDonald said. New York State Labor Law - Department of Labor Additional 30-minute meal periods must be given within five hours from the end of the first meal period and for each additional five hours worked. Exception: Youth 14-17 years old are allowed to work 7 days a week in dairy, livestock, hay harvest, and irrigation during school and non-school weeks. Time and a half pay required for work during meal hour or fraction thereof, except any employee entitled to a higher rate prior to 1/26/17 may continue to receive that higher rate. This page provides details about Rhode Island's meal period requirements. Employers, not including agricultural employers, must provide employees who are 18 years old and older at least one thirty (30) minute meal period when they work at least five (5) consecutive hours in a workday. [CDATA[/* >