Breaks - Australian Security Industry Association Ltd (ASIAL)

• An unpaid meal break of not less than 30 minutes for shifts that exceed five hours, where it is not operationally impractical to grant the break, or

• A paid crib break of:
– not less than 10 minutes on a shift of four hours,
– not less than 20 minutes on an eight hour shift, and
– not less than 30 minutes on a 12 hour shift.

• There should be an 8 hour break between finishing a shift and starting a shift the next day.


For full details see clause 21 of the Security Services Industry Award 2010.