# Connecticut — Meal and rest break requirements by US state — hours worked before a break is owed, its length, and whether it's paid, quoted from the state's own labor law

For Connecticut, meal break rule is No person shall be required to work for seven and one-half or more consecutive hours without a period of at least thirty consecutive minutes for a meal; statute or regulation is Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51ii, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Connecticut _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Meal break rule:** No person shall be required to work for seven and one-half or more consecutive hours without a period of at least thirty consecutive minutes for a meal _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute or regulation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51ii _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> No person shall be required to work for seven and one-half or more consecutive hours without a period of at least thirty consecutive minutes for a meal. Such period shall be given at some time after the first two hours of work and before the last two hours.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Meal break rule

> No person shall be required to work for seven and one-half or more consecutive hours without a period of at least thirty consecutive minutes for a meal. Such period shall be given at some time after the first two hours of work and before the last two hours.

### Statute or regulation

> Sec. 31-51ii. Meal periods. Exemptions. Regulations.

## Source

- https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_557.htm#sec_31-51ii

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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