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Set up meal breaks for Gusto Time Tracking - Administrators
Several states require that employees be given an unpaid meal break after working a certain number of hours each day. Make sure to check your state laws before creating break rules.
- Administrators with the required permissions can set up meal breaks.
- If Time Tracking is not part of your Gusto product plan, you can upgrade at any time.
- Meal break rules only apply to employees
To set up meal breaks:
- Click the Time Tracking tab.
- Click the Settings tab at the top of the page.
- Click Edit next to "Missing break" alerts.
- Toggle to Enabled to flag missing breaks.
- Enter the break rules for non-exempt employees based on your state laws.
- How many minute break;
- For every [X] hours and minutes worked
- Click Save.
You’ll see an alert on employee timesheets when they've reported too many hours worked without a break.
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