Administratively issued Minimum Wage and Work Conditions Order. Excludes employers subject to Federal Railway Labor Act. /*-->*/. One of the most common problems, Rotman elaborates, occurs when employers enable automatic deductions for lunch breaks without giving the employee any manner of editing that time if they happen to work through lunch.. The time between 20 and 30 minutes is a bit murky, but the least risky approach is to pay for that time.. An additional 20 minutes between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. for those employed on a shift starting before 11 a.m. and continuing after 7 p.m. 1 hour in factories, 45 minutes in other establishments, midway in shift, for those employed more than a 6-hour period starting between 1 p.m. and 6 a.m. hour, if desired, on each shift exceeding 5 hours. What common problems do employers have tracking breaks and lunches? Please refer to the Wage and Hour Division's Nursing Mothers website to obtain additional information on this topic.