2023 - 2026 SCLEA Memorandum of Understanding: Article 17: Meals and Rest Periods

Return to 2023-2026 SCLEA MOU Table of Contents

What’s on this Page:

• 17.1 Rest Periods
• 17.2 Lunch Periods
• 17.3 Meals

Read Next: Health & Wellness Benefits for Active Employees

Each Department Head may grant rest periods to employees of their department. Such rest periods shall not exceed fifteen (15) minutes in any four (4) consecutive hours of work and shall be considered as time worked.

Back to top

Department Heads shall grant a lunch period during each daily work shift. The duration of the lunch period may be not less than thirty (30) minutes nor greater than one (1) hour. Different lunch periods may be assigned to different work units in the same County department or division. Lunch periods may be considered as time worked at the discretion of the Department Head.

Back to top

Employees may, at the direction of the Department Head, receive meals at County expense while on duty in any of the detention facilities. A Department Head may arrange for meals to be provided at County expense to employees who are required to be kept on duty for prolonged periods of time or for emergency situations. The cost of meals shall not be added to the employee’s base hourly rate for the purposes of computing the employee’s regular rate of pay.

Back to top