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Employee's may voluntarily elect to skip their break, but if the company forces the worker to skip the break, that employee is owed one additional hour of premium pay as a penalty. Branigan made the below whiteboard video to explain CA's rest break law to non-lawyers.

California also has exemptions for various industries concerning meal and rest break requirements. These industries include healthcare, construction, commercial drivers, union employees, public agencies, the motion picture industry, publically-owned electric utilities, and security officers.

California Rules for Skipping Meal Breaks If you don't work more than six hours, you can also skip your meal break for any reason. You may legally waive your meal break if you work more than six hours. But you and your employer must agree to it beforehand, preferably in writing.

California requires employers to provide employees with ten-minute rest breaks for every four hours (or major fraction) worked. Anything over two hours is a ?major fraction? of a four-hour period.

Meal Breaks Nonexempt California employees must be given a meal or lunch break for a minimum of 30 minutes for shifts longer than five hours. This break is unpaid, uninterrupted, and must begin before the end of your fifth hour of work. This break can be waived if your work day isn't longer than 6 hours.

You cannot employ someone for a work period of more than five hours without providing an unpaid, off-duty meal period of at least 30 minutes. The first meal period must be provided no later than the end of the employee's fifth hour of work.

Most California workers must receive the following breaks: An uninterrupted 30-minute unpaid meal break when working more than five hours in a day. An additional 30-minute unpaid meal break when working more than 12 hours in a day. A paid 10-minute rest period for every four hours worked.