New York Laws
Title 1 - General
162 - Time Allowed for Meals.

§ 162. Time allowed for meals. 1. Every person employed in or in
connection with a factory shall be allowed at least sixty minutes for
the noon day meal.

2. Every person employed in or in connection with a mercantile or
other establishment or occupation coming under the provisions of this
chapter shall be allowed at least thirty minutes for the noon day meal,
except as in this chapter otherwise provided. The noon day meal period
is recognized as extending from eleven o'clock in the morning to two
o'clock in the afternoon. An employee who works a shift of more than
six hours which extends over the noon day meal period is entitled to at
least thirty minutes off within that period for the meal period.

3. Every person employed for a period or shift starting before eleven
o'clock in the morning and continuing later than seven o'clock in the
evening shall be allowed an additional meal period of at least twenty
minutes between five and seven o'clock in the evening.

4. Every person employed for a period or shift of more than six hours
starting between the hours of one o'clock in the afternoon and six
o'clock in the morning, shall be allowed at least sixty minutes for a
meal period when employed in or in connection with a factory, and
forty-five minutes for a meal period when employed in or in connection
with a mercantile or other establishment or occupation coming under the
provisions of this chapter, at a time midway between the beginning and
end of such employment.

5. The commissioner may permit a shorter time to be fixed for meal
periods than hereinbefore provided. The permit therefor shall be in
writing and shall be kept conspicuously posted in the main entrance of
the establishment. Such permit may be revoked at any time.