10:31 CEST+02:00. Surrounded by luxury at the high-end Geneva hotels where she works, Alcina Esteves de Almeida sometimes goes hungry â her salary, while generous by American standards, is not enough to make ends meet in pricey Switzerland.
California Meal Breaks. California Labor Laws require that employers provide employees with adequate meal breaks. For most occupations, you are entitled to a meal break after 5 hours of work, provided your total days work is more than 6 hours.
Federal law doesn't require employers to give their workers lunch breaks or brief rest breaks during the work day. However, that doesn't mean that employees don't have any protections. Many state laws require employers to give workers breaks, and federal law mandates that most short breaks during a shift must be paid.