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title: "Are breaks essential? Do we need to pay Staffers for breaks?"
description: "Break during a shift"
url: https://help.staffers.com/sv/articles/101-are-breaks-essential-do-we-need-to-pay-staffers-for-breaks
collection: "Business"
updated: 2026-01-19
language: sv
alternates: [en]
---

# Are breaks essential? Do we need to pay Staffers for breaks?

Break during a shift

Legally, workers have the right to one 30-minute rest break during their working day, if they work more than 5.5 hours a day.