Nebraska
What is the meal break rule for Nebraska?
For Nebraska, meal break rule is owning or operating an assembling plant, workshop, or mechanical establishment employing one or more persons shall allow all of their employees not less than thirty consecutive minutes for lunch in each eight-hour shift; statute or regulation is Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-212, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.
Any person, firm, or corporation owning or operating an assembling plant, workshop, or mechanical establishment employing one or more persons shall allow all of their employees not less than thirty consecutive minutes for lunch in each eight-hour shift, and during such time it shall be unlawful for any such employer to require such employee or employees to remain in buildings or on the premises where their labor is performed.
— nebraskalegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
- State
- Nebraska our reading
- Meal break rule
- owning or operating an assembling plant, workshop, or mechanical establishment employing one or more persons shall allow all of their employees not less than thirty consecutive minutes for lunch in each eight-hour shift verified
- Statute or regulation
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-212 our reading
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Meal break rule
Any person, firm, or corporation owning or operating an assembling plant, workshop, or mechanical establishment employing one or more persons shall allow all of their employees not less than thirty consecutive minutes for lunch in each eight-hour shift, and during such time it shall be unlawful for any such employer to require such employee or employees to remain in buildings or on the premises where their labor is performed.
Statute or regulation
Lunch hour; requirements; applicability.
— all from nebraskalegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- nebraskalegislature.govhttps://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-212