What are work-break laws in NJ (USA)?

Question

I live in jersey and am currently wondering whether or not my job is handling things legally.

I'm given 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week, however i always turn up short of 40 hours, even tho 3 out of 5 days i stay 1-2 hours late.

I asked about it and was told that its because i only work 7 1/2 hours a day, with 30 minute breaks deducted from pay.

I'm wondering if people are supposed to *get* paid breaks.

Also, (i just read that first answer) I dont get any breaks at all!

We only get lunch, work, and are told to go home. So are those breaks required by law, or does the company i work for have the right to only give lunches?

Answer 1

By New Jersey law, breaks are not required at all unless you're under 18.

By federal law, breaks of 10 or 15 minutes must be paid; breaks longer than that are considered lunch breaks and the employer doesn't have to pay you for them.

So sounds like they're handling the breaks legally if they're 30 minutes. On the days you stay half an hour late, you'd be working the full 8 hours; the other days you'd be working 7-1/2, so your total paid hours would be 39.

Answer 2

A general guide:

Your lunch time is not factored in your hours, but you get two 15 minute breaks during the day. For example, if you get 30 minutes for lunch, and you are supposed to report at 8:30, then you stay until 5. That is 8 1/2 hours factoring in your lunch. You get 15 minutes in the AM and 15 minutes in the PM for a break that you get paid for, or counts towards your 40 hours.

I'm on the opposite end of things. Those yuppie workaholics are always squeezing meetings in my lunch break because my calender is clogged up with meetings at other times, and I just have to squeeze back or I'll report them to human resources.

Answer 3

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