alter, falsify, or manipulate any aspect of their timekeeping records to inaccurately reflect or hide meal periods or time spent working during meal periods. Please note that no AJK manager or supervisor is authorized to instruct you how to spend your personal time during a meal or rest period. You should immediately report a manager’s or supervisor’s instruction to skip or work during a meal or rest period to the HR Manager. AJK strictly prohibits retaliation against any employee who reports violations of AJK’s meal and rest period policies. Waiver of Meal Period. You may waive your meal period only under the following circumstances: • If you will complete your work day in six (6) hours or less, you may waive your meal period as approved by your supervisor. • If you work over ten (10) hours in a day, you may waive your second meal period only if you have taken your first meal period that day and you do not work more than twelve (12) hours on that day. You may not waive your meal periods to shorten your work day. On-Duty Meal Period. In limited situations, certain designated employees may be authorized to work an “on-duty meal period” when the nature of the employee’s duties prevent the employee from being relieved of all duty. You will be permitted to take an on-duty meal period only if the nature of your job duties requires it and you and AJK have agreed to an on-duty meal period in writing. In this situation, your on-duty meal period will be paid and treated as hours worked. The on-duty meal period agreement is revocable by you or AJK at any time. AJK pays one-hour of premium pay to non-exempt employees at their regular rate of compensation for each day during which they are required by AJK to work during one or more meal periods or if AJK has not otherwise provided them with an opportunity to take one or more meal periods on any day in accordance with this policy. Because this should be an exceptional occurrence, if you are aware of such a situation, please be sure to bring it to our attention without delay. The one-hour premium will not apply in situations where the meal period is waived as permitted by law, where an employee has a lawful on-duty meal period, or if an employee personally chooses to deviate from AJK’s schedules or policies providing meal periods as required by law. REST PERIODS AJK provides non-exempt employees with the opportunity to take a net ten (10) minute paid rest period for every four (4) hours worked (or major fraction thereof), which should be taken so far as practicable in the middle of each four-hour work period. During your rest periods, you will be relieved of all duty so that you can enjoy this personal time. You may leave the premises for your rest period if you so desire. Rest breaks will be provided as follows: Revised January 2024 Page 13 of 55