---
title: "List Employee Break Availabilities"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/time-tracking/employees/{id}/break-availabilities"
tags: ["Meal & Rest Breaks", "Public API"]
---

# List Employee Break Availabilities

`GET /api/v1/time-tracking/employees/{id}/break-availabilities`

Retrieves break availability information for an employee. Requires permission to view the target employee in addition to time-tracking-break access.

OAuth Scopes: time_tracking:breaks

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Query parameters

- `effective` string

## Response `200`

Successfully retrieved break availabilities for the specified employee

- TimeTrackingTimeTrackingBreakAvailabilityV1[] — Collection of time tracking break availabilities
  - `id` string, uuid — The unique identifier for the time tracking break
  - `name` string — The name of the break
  - `policyId` string, uuid — The unique identifier of the break policy this break belongs to
  - `paid` boolean — Whether the break is paid
  - `duration` integer — Duration of the break in minutes
  - `availabilityType` 'anytime' | 'hours_worked' | 'time_of_day' — When the break is available to be taken
  - `calculatedAt` string, date-time — When the break availability was calculated
  - `effectiveAt` string, date-time — Timestamp that all time-based calculations are evaluated relative to.
  - `timezone` string — The timezone the break availability is calculated in
  - `recordedDuration` integer — The duration of the break that has been recorded so far
  - `available` boolean — Whether the break is currently available to be taken
  - `availableAfterMinutesWorked` integer, nullable — Minutes of work after which the break becomes available
  - `availableIn` integer, nullable — Minutes until the break becomes available
  - `unavailableIn` integer, nullable — Minutes until the break becomes unavailable
  - `availableAt` string, date-time, nullable — When the break is or becomes available
  - `unavailableAt` string, date-time, nullable — When the break is or becomes unavailable

## Other responses

- `403` — Forbidden - insufficient permissions to view this employee or break settings.
- `422` — Invalid input

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