Meal and Break Rules in Oklahoma

Minors under the age of 16 must be permitted a one-hour cumulative rest period for each eight consecutive hours worked. However, minors may not work more than five consecutive hours unless permitted a one-half hour cumulative rest period.

Effective November 1, 2006, Oklahoma employers should provide reasonable unpaid break time each day to an employee who needs to breastfeed or express milk for her child to maintain milk supply and comfort. If possible, the break time shall run concurrently with any break time, paid or unpaid, already provided to the employee. In addition, an employer should make a reasonable effort to provide a private, secure, and sanitary room or other location in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet stall, where an employee can express her milk or breastfeed her child. An employer is not required to provide break time if to do so would create an undue hardship on the employer's operations.