# Massachusetts — 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 Massachusetts, meal break rule is No person shall be required to work for more than six hours during a calendar day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal; statute or regulation is M.G.L. c. 149, § 100, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Massachusetts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Meal break rule:** No person shall be required to work for more than six hours during a calendar day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute or regulation:** M.G.L. c. 149, § 100 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Section 100. No person shall be required to work for more than six hours during a calendar day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal.

## 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

> Section 100. No person shall be required to work for more than six hours during a calendar day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal.

### Statute or regulation

> Section 100: Hours of work without interval for meal; duration; violation of statute

## Source

- https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section100

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