In Minnesota, workers are entitled to a meal break and a paid rest break. Sufficient unpaid time to eat a meal for shifts of 8 consecutive hours or more. A paid restroom break within each 4 consecutive hours of work.
Break rules in Minnesota
Meal break
Sufficient unpaid time to eat a meal for shifts of 8 consecutive hours or more.
Paid rest break
A paid restroom break within each 4 consecutive hours of work.
Paid or unpaid?
Federal law sets the baseline for whether break time is paid. Short breaks of 5 to 20 minutes count as work time and must be paid. A meal period of 30 minutes or more can be unpaid, but only if you are fully relieved of duty, if you have to keep working, or answer the phone, or stay at your station, the time must be paid. This is general information, not legal advice.