lunch breaks
Midday work intermissions
Lunch breaks are midday pauses from work for eating.
Most workers get thirty minutes to an hour, though the term often encompasses any daytime break regardless of whether food is involved: I'll run that errand on my lunch break.
The plural typically refers to the concept generally or to multiple instances: Lunch breaks are sacred around here.
- sandwichFilling between bread slices
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
- breakroomEmployee rest area
- water coolerChilled beverage dispenser
- colleaguesProfessional associates
pause · respite · brown bag · quick bite · midday meal · recess · repast · stress relief · work-life balance · office culture · intervals · time clock · productivity boost · back to work · routine · intermission · rushed · takeout
- routinesmorning routine, habits, routines, morning routines, procedures
- Slice of Lifedaily routines, ordinary people, small talk, morning coffee, grocery shopping
- work-life balancework hours, time off, vacation, weekends, remote work
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- employer dutiespayroll, payroll taxes, tax withholding, W-2 forms, 1099 forms
- workplace nutritionpacked lunches, vending machines
lunch breaksworking through
Addressing something systematically
working hours · overtime · crunch time · billable hours · work hours
lunch breaksovertime
Work beyond scheduled hours
double shifts · mandatory overtime · extended hours · working through · vacation
lunch breaksvacation time
Allotted leave from employment
extended leave · sabbaticals · paid time off · furloughs · double shifts
break, lunch, lunchroom, lunchtime, lunching, lunched, luncheonette, lunch break, lunchers