If your employer failed to provide those breaks, they may be violating Nevada's labor laws. You could consider discussing this with them or filing a complaint with the Nevada Labor Commissioner if you feel your rights have been violated.
It is correct that your employer has to provide you with a meal break in ance with the Employment Standard Act. It's not something that can be opt-out of except by express agreement between employee and employer.
Pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes section 608.019 an employer must provide an uninterrupted 10-minute rest period for every 4 hours of work or major fraction thereof. Authorized rest periods shall be counted as hours worked, for which there will be no deduction from wages.
Ontario Break FAQs No, the ESA in Ontario doesn't require a 15-minute break for shifts of four hours or less. It does, however, require a 30-minute meal break after five hours of work.
For a 5-hour shift in Ontario: The ESA requires that employees be given one 30-minute break for a five-hour shift. You can use this break however you like, and your employer can agree to split it into two 15-minute breaks. Employers are not required to provide more than 30 minutes of break time for a five-hour shift.
Ontario Breaks Based on Shift Lengths 8-hour shift: Employees get one 30-minute break. The employer is not required to provide another break until after another five hours. 12-hour shift: Employees get two 30-minute breaks, one after every five hours of work.
Hit Rewind: Ford Government Reverses Bill 148 Changes to Ontario Employment Laws. On October 23, 2018 the Ford government presented Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act.