[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 29, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 29CFR785.18]



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                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 

         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 785_HOURS WORKED--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart C_Application of Principles

 

Sec.  785.18  Rest.



    Rest periods of short duration, running from 5 minutes to about 20 

minutes, are common in industry. They promote the efficiency of the 

employee and are customarily paid for as working time. They must be 

counted as hours worked. Compensable time of rest periods may not be 

offset against other working time such as compensable waiting time or 

on-call time. (Mitchell v. Greinetz, 235 F. 2d 621, 13 W.H. Cases 3 

(C.A. 10, 1956); Ballard v. Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., 61 F. Supp. 

996 (S.D. Cal. 1945))