# North Dakota — 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 North Dakota, meal break rule is A minimum thirty-minute meal period must be provided in each shift exceeding five hours when there are two or more employees on duty; statute or regulation is N.D. Admin. Code § 46-02-07-02(5), recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** North Dakota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Meal break rule:** A minimum thirty-minute meal period must be provided in each shift exceeding five hours when there are two or more employees on duty _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute or regulation:** N.D. Admin. Code § 46-02-07-02(5) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> A minimum thirty-minute meal period must be provided in each shift exceeding five hours when there are two or more employees on duty. Employees may waive their right to a meal period upon agreement with the employer.

## 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

> A minimum thirty-minute meal period must be provided in each shift exceeding five hours when there are two or more employees on duty. Employees may waive their right to a meal period upon agreement with the employer. Employees do not have to be paid for meal periods if they are completely relieved of their duties and the meal period is ordinarily thirty minutes in length.

### Statute or regulation

> 46-02-07-02. Standards that apply.

## Source

- https://www.ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/46-02-07.pdf

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