# New Hampshire — 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 New Hampshire, meal break rule is An employer may not require an employee to work more than 5 consecutive hours without granting him a 1/2 hour lunch or eating period; statute or regulation is RSA 275:30-a, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** New Hampshire _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Meal break rule:** An employer may not require an employee to work more than 5 consecutive hours without granting him a 1/2 hour lunch or eating period _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute or regulation:** RSA 275:30-a _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> An employer may not require an employee to work more than 5 consecutive hours without granting him a 1/2 hour lunch or eating period, except if it is feasible for the employee to eat during the performance of his work, and the employer permits him to do so.

## 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 may not require an employee to work more than 5 consecutive hours without granting him a 1/2 hour lunch or eating period, except if it is feasible for the employee to eat during the performance of his work, and the employer permits him to do so.

### Statute or regulation

> 275:30-a Lunch or Eating Period.

## Source

- https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXIII/275/275-30-a.htm

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