# Delaware — 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 Delaware, meal break rule is An employer must allow an employee an unpaid meal break of at least 30 consecutive minutes, if the employee works 71/2 or more consecutive hours; statute or regulation is 19 Del. C. § 707, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Delaware _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Meal break rule:** An employer must allow an employee an unpaid meal break of at least 30 consecutive minutes, if the employee works 71/2 or more consecutive hours _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute or regulation:** 19 Del. C. § 707 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> An employer must allow an employee an unpaid meal break of at least 30 consecutive minutes, if the employee works 71/2 or more consecutive hours. The meal break must be given some time after the first 2 hours of work and before the last 2 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

> An employer must allow an employee an unpaid meal break of at least 30 consecutive minutes, if the employee works 71/2 or more consecutive hours. The meal break must be given some time after the first 2 hours of work and before the last 2 hours.

### Statute or regulation

> 707. Meal breaks.

## Source

- https://delcode.delaware.gov/title19/c007/sc01/index.html

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