Practice question
A covered employee receives a genuine one-hour meal period, is completely relieved of work, may rest fully and is free to use the period personally. No agreement or policy provides paid lunch. Is it ordinarily hours worked solely because it falls between morning and afternoon work?
- Yes, every interval between shifts is paid
- Yes, eating always constitutes work
- Yes, all workplace meals are overtime
- No; a genuine duty-free regular meal period is ordinarily excluded
- Only the employee’s food choice determines pay
Legal references
- Omnibus Rules, Book III, Rule I, Sections 3–4 and 7: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442a_1974.html
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