OAR 839-021-0072: Rest Periods and Meal Periods

Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2014-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07

(1) Every employer must provide to each minor employee a meal period of not less than 30 continuous minutes in the manner prescribed by OAR 839-020-0050. However, the exemption provided for by OAR 839-020-0050(3) does not apply to minor employees under the age of 16. (2) Every employer must provide each minor employee a rest period of not less than 15 minutes in the manner prescribed by OAR 839-020-0050.

Official history and status

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 651.060(4) & 653.261

Statutes/Other Implemented: S.B. 135, 77th Leg., Reg. Ses. (Or.2013) & ORS 653

History: BLI 10-2013, f. 12-18-13, cert. ef. 1-1-14 BLI 9-2002, f. 3-28-02, cert. ef. 4-1-02 BLI 4-1998, f. & cert. ef. 3-5-98 BL 6-1988, f. & cert. ef. 4-12-88 BL 13-1979, f. & ef. 9-6-79 BL 142, f. 6-28-73, ef. 7-15-73

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