# New York — 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 York, meal break rule is Every person employed in or in connection with a factory shall be allowed at least sixty minutes for the noon day meal. 2. Every person employed in or in connection with a mercantile or other establishment or occupation coming under the provisions of this chapter shall be allowed at least thirty minutes for the noon day meal, except as in this chapter otherwise provided; statute or regulation is N.Y. Labor Law § 162, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** New York _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Meal break rule:** Every person employed in or in connection with a factory shall be allowed at least sixty minutes for the noon day meal. 2. Every person employed in or in connection with a mercantile or other establishment or occupation coming under the provisions of this chapter shall be allowed at least thirty minutes for the noon day meal, except as in this chapter otherwise provided _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute or regulation:** N.Y. Labor Law § 162 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Every person employed in or in connection with a factory shall be allowed at least sixty minutes for the noon day meal. 2. Every person employed in or in connection with a mercantile or other establishment or occupation coming under the provisions of this chapter shall be allowed at least thirty minutes for the noon day meal, except as in this chapter otherwise provided.

## 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

> Every person employed in or in connection with a factory shall be allowed at least sixty minutes for the noon day meal. 2. Every person employed in or in connection with a mercantile or other establishment or occupation coming under the provisions of this chapter shall be allowed at least thirty minutes for the noon day meal, except as in this chapter otherwise provided. The noon day meal period is recognized as extending from eleven o’clock in the morning to two o’clock in the afternoon. An employee who works a shift of more than six hours which extends over the noon day meal period is entitled to at least thirty minutes off within that period for the meal period.

### Statute or regulation

> Labor Law Section 162 Time allowed for meals

## Source

- https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._labor_law_section_162

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