rest period

rest period
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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


rest period
n.
A period of time during which an employee must rest and not perform work.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


rest period

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.

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