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B-217578 1 (1986-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmeu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: B-217578 THE COMPTROLLER UNUIAL OF THU UNITD ITATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 2054U OATE: February 27, 1986 Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation - Paid Lunch Period The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation proposes an 8-hour shift for its maintenance and marine employees in- cluding a 15-minute rest break at 9 a.m. and a paid 20-minute combination rest/meal period at 1 p.m. A noncompensable lunch period may not be extended or shortened by a paid rest period because there exists a legal distinction in both origin and effect between a rest and a meal period. Time for a meal period is not compensable if the employees are not required to perform sub- stantial duties. On the other hand, time for brief rest periods may be authorized without decrease in compensation. 2. A proposal to establish an 8-hour shift with a paid 20-minute combination rest/meal period may not be implemented. It is clear that the purpose of this period is to pro- vide the employees with a duty-free period for the purpose of eating, and there is no indication of any need for a change from the current situation in which the employees are not required to perform substantial duties during the meal period. Accordingly, the employees may not be compensated for the rest/meal period. The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (Seaway Corporation) asks whether it may agree to provide its wage grade maintenance and marine employees with an 8-hour workday which includes a paid 15-minute rest break at 9 a.m. and a paid 20-minute combination rest/meal break at t I ONClION FILE: MATTER OF: OIGEST: 1.

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