# Nebraska — 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 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.

- **State:** Nebraska _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute or regulation:** Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-212 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 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.

## 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

> 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.

## Source

- https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-212

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