break time
noun
: a scheduled time when workers stop working for a brief period
It's only five minutes until break time.
Examples of break time in a Sentence
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At break time, the senior partner and men went into the men’s room.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers with more than 50 employees to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for employees to express breast milk.
—Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2023
Each practice, members take turns bringing break time food.
—Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
Man, execute break time; execute flipping the beat; execute Latin grooves; execute clave beats; African rhythms.
—Jordan A. Rothacker, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
In Arkansas, employers are required to provide reasonable unpaid break time each day to an employee who needs to express milk and are required to make a reasonable effort to provide a private, secure and sanitary room or location other than a bathroom for an employee to express their milk.
—Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2023
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers with more than 50 employees to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for employees to express breast milk, the release states.
—Benjamin Collins, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2023
Even break time was reduced from six minutes to five.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
The break time to express milk does not have to be paid.
—Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 7 July 2023
Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers with more than 50 employees to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for employees to express breast milk.
—Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2023
Each practice, members take turns bringing break time food.
—Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
Man, execute break time; execute flipping the beat; execute Latin grooves; execute clave beats; African rhythms.
—Jordan A. Rothacker, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
In Arkansas, employers are required to provide reasonable unpaid break time each day to an employee who needs to express milk and are required to make a reasonable effort to provide a private, secure and sanitary room or location other than a bathroom for an employee to express their milk.
—Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2023
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers with more than 50 employees to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for employees to express breast milk, the release states.
—Benjamin Collins, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2023
Even break time was reduced from six minutes to five.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
The break time to express milk does not have to be paid.
—Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 7 July 2023
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“Break time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20time. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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