12. REST PERIODS
(A) Every employer shall authorize and permit all employees to take rest periods, which insofar as practicable shall be in the
middle of each work period. The authorized rest period time shall be based on the total hours worked daily at the rate of ten (10)
minutes net rest time per four (4) hours or major fraction thereof. However, a rest period need not be authorized for employees
whose total daily work time is less than three and one-half (3 1/ 2) hours. Authorized rest period time shall be counted as hours
worked for which there shall be no deduction from wages.
(B) If an employer fails to provide an employee a rest period in accordance with the applicable provisions of this order, the
employer shall pay the employee one (1) hour of pay at the employee’s regular rate of compensation for each workday that
the rest period is not provided.
(C) This section shall not apply to any public transit bus driver covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement if the agreement expressly provides for rest periods for those employees, final and binding arbitration of disputes concerning
application of its rest period provisions, premium wage rates for all overtime hours worked, and regular hourly rate of pay of
not less than 30 percent more than the State minimum wage rate.