Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Are Employers Required to Provide Employee Lunch Breaks?

Lunch Breaks

Are California Employers required to give employees lunch breaks? I work alone in a retail store, I am allowed to leave for 5 or 10 minutes to go get lunch, but I must come right back. I never have anyone to cover for me to actually take a lunch break. I do not think that I am an exempt employee because I have set hours that I have to be at work, and I am not allowed to vary these hours at all.


Asked on 2/24/98, 3:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Ken Koury Kenneth P. Koury, Esq.

Attorney At Law

California law requires a 30 minute lunch break.

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Answered on 2/25/98, 12:56 pm


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