1) An employer must give a domestic worker who works continuously for more than five hours a meal interval of at least one continuous hour.
2) During a meal interval, a domestic worker may be required or permitted to perform only duties that cannot be left unattended and cannot be performed by another domestic worker
3) A domestic worker must be paid –
a) for a meal interval in which the domestic worker is required to be available for work;
b) for any portion of a meal interval that is in excess of 75 minutes, unless the domestic worker lives at the workplace.
4) For the purpose of sub-clause (1), work is continuous unless it is interrupted by a meal interval in accordance with this clause.
5) An agreement in writing may –
a) reduce the meal interval to not less than 30 minutes;
b) dispense with a meal interval for a domestic worker who works fewer than six hours on a day.
6) Whenever an employer is required to give a domestic worker a second meal interval because of overtime worked, that interval may be reduced to not less than 15 minutes.