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Can you summarize 19 DEAC 1327?
Office of Labor Law Enforcement > Rules Relating to Exemptions from Meal Break Requirement
Short Summary
This document, issued by the Delaware Department of Labor, provides rules relating to exemptions from the meal break requirement. It applies to employers and employees in Delaware. The law requires employers to provide employees with a meal break of at least thirty consecutive minutes if they work seven and one-half consecutive hours. However, there are exemptions to this requirement. The exemptions include cases where compliance would adversely affect public safety, cases where only one employee performs the duties of a position, cases where an employer has fewer than five employees on a shift at a single place of business, and cases where the continuous nature of an employer’s operations requires employees to respond to urgent or unusual conditions at all times. The document also states that any employer who retaliates against an employee for making a complaint or providing information regarding a violation of these rules shall be deemed in violation and subject to an administrative penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation.
Whom does it apply to?
Employers and employees
What does it govern?
Exemptions from the meal break requirement
What are exemptions?
1. Adverse effects on public safety 2. Single employee duties 3. Fewer than five workers on a shift 4. Employer's continuous operations
What are the Penalties?
Administrative penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation
Jurisdiction
Delaware