Rest break: 10 minutes per 4 hours, paid, near midpoint.
Washington requires a paid 10-minute rest break for every 4 hours of work, scheduled as close to the midpoint of the work period as practicable. Unlike the meal break, rest breaks cannot be waived. They are paid working time. Workers cannot be required to remain on duty during rest breaks (full relief from work tasks). The post-Androckitis structure applies: missed rest breaks trigger pay for time worked plus a penalty plus double damages for willful failure.
Rest Break Enforcement
Schedules rest breaks at the midpoint of each 4-hour work segment. Tracks attestation. Auto-pays for missed rest breaks under Androckitis-aligned penalty structure.
What those rules do for rest breaks.
The hero card configuration: Block on missing rest break, Critical on missed-break penalty.
When a shift of 4 or more hours is scheduled without a 10-minute rest break near the midpoint, publish fails.
When a worker reports a missed rest break, Teambridge auto-adds the 10 minutes plus penalty pay (matching the Androckitis structure for breaks generally).
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WAC 296-126-092(4) — paid 10-min rest break per 4 hours.
The rest break rule predates Androckitis but the case's penalty structure now applies to rest break violations as well as meal break violations.
Frequency rule
10 minutes of paid rest break for every 4 hours worked. The break should be scheduled near the midpoint of the work period — not stacked at the start or end of the shift. Workers cannot be required to work more than 3 hours without a rest break. So a 6-hour shift typically needs at least one rest break (or two if the timing requires it).
Cannot be waived
Unlike the 30-minute meal break (which workers can voluntarily waive in writing), rest breaks cannot be waived. They're treated as essential to worker health and safety, not an optional benefit.
Teambridge schedules rest breaks at the midpoint and tracks compliance.
Rest break compliance is the easier of the two break rules — but the no-waiver feature means there's no opt-out path for either operators or workers.
Auto-placed in shift.
When a 4+ hour shift is scheduled, Teambridge automatically schedules the rest break near the midpoint. For 8-hour shifts: typically two rest breaks plus one meal break.
Notification at break time.
When the rest break time arrives, the worker gets a notification through the worker app reminding them to take the break. Helps with compliance and attestation.
Yes/No logged.
At end of shift, worker confirms whether all rest breaks were taken uninterrupted. Logged with timestamp.
Auto-added to timesheet.
If a rest break is reported as missed or interrupted, Teambridge adds the 10 minutes plus penalty pay to the timesheet. Same Androckitis-aligned structure as meal break violations.
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