Logistics, working time & crew conditions · Working

Meal penalty

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Additional payment or consequence triggered when a required meal break is delayed or missed under relevant terms.

“Can production update us on the meal penalty before tomorrow’s call?”

Additional payment or consequence triggered when a required meal break is delayed or missed under applicable terms.

Here “Meal penalty” means: Additional payment or consequence triggered when a required meal break is delayed or missed under applicable terms.

You may encounter “Meal penalty” in production, set safety, stunts & practical effects conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains the physical-production roles, plans and safety systems behind the shoot.

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Meal breakComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.

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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.