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Meal and rest breaks in Texas

Texas does not require meal or rest breaks for adult employees.

Does Texas require breaks?

The Texas Workforce Commission explains that, with one narrow exception, neither the FLSA nor Texas law requires employers to give breaks. Breaks are a matter of company policy.

If breaks are given, must they be paid?

Short rest or coffee breaks are paid work time. Meal breaks of at least 30 minutes, where the employee is completely relieved from duty, do not have to be paid.

General information, AI-prepared and checked against the official sources listed, not legal advice. Laws change, and cities, contracts and union agreements can add rules. Last reviewed October 2026. How answers are made