isit illegal to work 11 hour work days with no break in the united states?

Question

I WORK 5 DAYS A WEEK WITH FOR A TOTAL OF 49 HOURS AND THREE OF MY DAYS ARE 11 HOURS STRAIGHT WITH NO BREAKS. I WORK BEHIND A DESK OR ON A SALES FLOOR.

i work in texas

Answer 1

That's not a federal issue, it's a state issue. There are supposed tobe documents posted at your workplace in an area viewable to all employees, usually a break room or common room. Check there.
If you tell us what state you are in, we can give more specific answers. But it may or may not be illegal.

Answer 2

Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks. However, when employers do offer short breaks (usually lasting about 5 to 20 minutes), federal law considers the breaks work-time that must be paid. Unauthorized extensions of authorized work breaks need not be counted as hours worked when the employer has expressly and unambiguously communicated to the employee that the authorized break may only last for a specific length of time, that any extension of the break is contrary to the employer's rules, and any extension of the break will be punished.

Bona fide meal periods (typically lasting at least 30 minutes), serve a different purpose than coffee or snack breaks and, thus, are not work time and are not compensable

Answer 3

Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks. However, when employers do offer short breaks (usually lasting about 5 to 20 minutes), federal law considers the breaks work-time that must be paid. Unauthorized extensions of authorized work breaks need not be counted as hours worked when the employer has expressly and unambiguously communicated to the employee that the authorized break may only last for a specific length of time, that any extension of the break is contrary to the employer's rules, and any extension of the break will be punished.

Bona fide meal periods (typically lasting at least 30 minutes), serve a different purpose than coffee or snack breaks and, thus, are not work time and are not compensable.

Answer 4

most states require an employer to provide a lunch break. Some states like CA have specific rules governing workers who work a continuous 12 hour shift. The employer may not require you to work lunch break, though you can voluntarily do so of your own free willy.

Answer 5

That is very illegal. You have to get a 15 minute break for every 4 hours that you work.

Answer 6

Suicide is not illegal in the US any more - meaning a person who has attempted suicide can no longer be arrested. In the UK this took until 1961, but in Canada it wasn't until 1972 and in the States it was by 1991. Assisting suicide is still illegal in the States. Life insurance companies usually will not pay benefits to the family in instances of suicide. HOWEVER, in the States, if a person publicly attempts suicide, he or she will be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital.

Answer 7

Yes, it is. You cannot work more than seven hours per day without taking at least a 20 minute lunch break by law.

Answer 8

Doesn't sound like it, I think you are at least required a lunch break but maybe i'm wrong. Just pack yourself some lunch and snacks maybe bring a cooler for some cold drinks.

or...

Find another job that doesn't work you quite so hard!

Answer 9

I think it's a state law issue... and I think it would be illegal in the vast majority of states... there may be some states with some wierd loophole somewhere... I don't know...

but I would bet $5 that it's a violation...

Answer 10

No.
Unless you work for feds under contract.