Is it legal for a company to make a person work for 9hours with a 30min unpaid break?

Question

United States....IL, I'm sure it is but I'm just asking.

They don't give us those 15min breaks... + for those 9hours I'm standing so a 15min break would help.

Answer 1

They are required to give you a 30 minute break and two ten minute breaks totaling 50 minutes of off time for every 8 hours of work time. They don't have to pay you for those breaks but they do have to give them to you.

Answer 2

You are getting a lot of bad answers. THERE IS NO FEDERAL LAW THAT MANDATES REST PERIODS. The federal law (29 C.F.R. section 785.18) only provides that breaks from five to twenty minutes must be paid and that, for a break to be unpaid, it must be more than thirty minutes uninterrupted by work.

Illinois has a STATE law that provides for a break period of 20 minutes after a 7 and 1/2 hour workday. In other words, you should be able to get a 20 minute break near the end of the day.

Illinois also mandates one day off out of every seven, i.e., basically a day off per week.

If you feel like your work conditions are substandard, contact an employment lawyer (not a labor lawyer -- they primarily deal with unions) for a consultation. If you are part of a union, call your union's representatives.

Answer 3

Look into the "working time regulations" and you will find what you are looking for.

I think it will surprise you. here is a snippit of info to get you started.

If a worker is required to work for more than six hours at a stretch, he or she is entitled to a rest break of 20 minutes.

The break should be taken during the six-hour period and not at the beginning or end of it. The exact time the breaks are taken is up to the employer to decide.

Employers must make sure that workers can take their rest.

Mobile workers are excluded from the usual rest break entitlements under the Working Time Regulations. Instead, these workers are entitled to 'adequate rest'.

'Adequate rest' means that workers have regular rest periods. These should be sufficiently long and continuous to ensure that fatigue or other irregular working patterns do not cause workers to injure themselves, fellow workers or others, and that they do not damage their health, either in the short term or in the longer term.


Special rules for Young Workers

Different rules apply to young workers. If a young worker is required to work for more than four and a half hours at a stretch, he or she is entitled to a rest break of 30 minutes.

If a young worker is working for more than one employer, the time he or she is working for each one should be added together to see if they are entitled to a rest break.

A young worker’s entitlement to breaks can be reduced or excluded in exceptional circumstances only. Where this occurs, the young worker should receive compensatory rest within 3 weeks.

Answer 4

Each employee shall receive a minimum of two 15-minute paid rest breaks and one 30-minute meal period in each workday in which they work at least seven hours. -
US Department of Labor - Wages and Standards

in other words in 9 hours you are entitles to 2 paid 15 minute breaks and 1 30 minute unpaid break

Answer 5

Those laws are determined by states, not the US Dept of Labor as some people seem to think. In Texas, employers are not required to give breaks at all. It depends on the laws in your state, and the policies of the employer.

Answer 6

it is the law that you get a 30 minute break (paid or unpaid) at least once in 5 and a half hours. it's the law.

Answer 7

Yes.

Answer 8

Yes. It may not be reasonable.