The basic building block of a protein is called an amino acid. There are 20 amino acids in the proteins you eat and in the proteins within your body, and they link together to form large protein molecules.
What the Colorado Labor Laws Say About Meal Periods. The state basically says that employees do have a right to what the state considers to be an uninterrupted and duty-free meal period of at least 30 minutes once five consecutive hours have been worked in a shift.
However, the employee and the employer can agree to waive the meal period if the employee works no more than 6 hours in one day. Employees who work more than 6 hours in one day may not waive their meal breaks. The 30 minute meal break must be a full 30 minutes -- not 29 minutes -- and must be completely free from duty. These 30 minutes must be ânet.â They cannot include time spent walking to a time clock; the 30 minutes must be actual break time.