I have worked as a licensed professional for 30 years and prefer to work straight thru my day and get done sooner than stop and start for lunch. My employer is insisting that I take an upaid 30 minute to 60 min lunch even though it is not condusive to doso.
2007-03-01 09:39:20 · 14 answers · asked by not hungry 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
It is the law to take a "lunch break" even if you don't each lunch. I say go home the early. Take the 30 min before quitting time.
2007-03-01 09:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Most states have a law that requires at least a 30 minute clocked out break if you are scheduled 8 hours. I know, I hate it too. I come in at 6:30 am and work till 12:00 take a 30 minute break (off the clock) and am off by 3:30 everyday. That 8 - 5 stuff is not for me.
2007-03-01 09:45:37 · answer #2 · answered by Aunt Henny Penny 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can it has to do with the labor laws. For every 8-hours worked you must take at least 1-30 minute break.
2007-03-01 09:48:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes by law he has to give you an hour for every 8 hours of work, or 30 min for every 6 hours of work. You must clock out. If he does not force the issue he can run in to a situation were you can sue him later. It's the law he must give it to you, and he will in force it to keep himself and the company safe.
2007-03-01 09:48:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, your boss has that right to mandate you take a lunch. The labor laws in some states actually decide this for employers.
2007-03-01 09:42:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Law says, your employer is required to give you a 30 minute break......Unpaid BTW. Your employer is either making a feeble attempt at controlling labor cost, OR covering their A## by making their employees take legally required breaks.
2007-03-01 09:50:25 · answer #6 · answered by MattyG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After 30 years as a professional I would think you would know it's the law.
2007-03-01 09:43:42 · answer #7 · answered by wish I were 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! It seems stupid, I know, but it's to do with labor laws & insurance. They can make you take two 10-15 minute breaks for every 8 hrs you work too.
2007-03-01 09:45:55 · answer #8 · answered by Sherrie L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at it this way... It's HIS job. not yours. He can pretty much do as he pleases. AND... he can make it an unpaid lunch break. Why should he pay you for lunch?
If I were your employer, and I told you to take a lunch break, and you gave me a ration of crap... I'd fire you on the spot.
2007-03-01 09:47:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
by law you have to take a lunch break and other breaks when you work a certain amount of hours
2007-03-01 09:44:00 · answer #10 · answered by Luv2Brie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋