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Timing of Meal Breaks Can Avert Strict Liability for Violations

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The owner of the company requires that meal breaks start at 1 p.m. While I have told him that meal breaks should not be scheduled later than 4 hours and 59 minutes into the shift, he insists that a 1 p.m. meal break is compliant since it is exactly 5 hours after work commences and not more than 5 hours.