# Vermont — 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 Vermont, meal break rule is An employer shall provide an employee with reasonable opportunities during work periods to eat and to use toilet facilities in order to protect the health and hygiene of the employee; statute or regulation is 21 V.S.A. § 304, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Vermont _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Meal break rule:** An employer shall provide an employee with reasonable opportunities during work periods to eat and to use toilet facilities in order to protect the health and hygiene of the employee _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute or regulation:** 21 V.S.A. § 304 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> An employer shall provide an employee with reasonable opportunities during work periods to eat and to use toilet facilities in order to protect the health and hygiene of the employee.

## 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 shall provide an employee with reasonable opportunities during work periods to eat and to use toilet facilities in order to protect the health and hygiene of the employee.

### Statute or regulation

> (Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 304)

## Source

- https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/21/005/00304

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