Company has a Friday quarterly meeting where they pause production and management gives a presentation, which all the hourly manufacturing employees must attend. At the end of the presentation, pizza arrives and they are supposed to break up into groups to discuss the meeting content while eating pizza. The hourly employees hate this because they want the freedom of spending their unpaid lunch break as they choose. Some go out for a walk, some smoke, some sit outside, go to their car and text, whatever. Several employees including two leads went out for their break after the meeting, and they were all written up at the end of the day. One of them said he will file a complaint with the state and was told by his manager, “I saw you take two slices of pizza!!! You can’t take the pizza then claim you need a meal break!” An hourly lead man received his write up and was screamed at for setting a bad example, so he yelled back, “You’re breaking the law!” The manager tore up the write-up for taking the meal break and wrote him up for insubordination and yelling at the manager. The day ended with several hourly people telling each other they are calling in sick on Monday. Two told coworkers they are calling the state labor board on Monday. Massachusetts law explicitly requires that meal breaks are required for hourly, they may leave the property, and they may not be assigned work while on their break. What can the labor board actually do?
How do I waive lunch breaks? I have ADHD and only eat once or twice a day (yes I'm healthy) and I view forced lunch breaks as time theft of my personal time. Since I don't eat at work more than a power bar or something, which takes 5 minutes when I do, the 30-60 minutes I would much rather use to go home early.
I have a question. If I choose to not eat and continue working, can my employer deduct that time from my check. Also time clocked out past scheduled time in order to complete work assignments.
Company has a Friday quarterly meeting where they pause production and management gives a presentation, which all the hourly manufacturing employees must attend. At the end of the presentation, pizza arrives and they are supposed to break up into groups to discuss the meeting content while eating pizza.
The hourly employees hate this because they want the freedom of spending their unpaid lunch break as they choose. Some go out for a walk, some smoke, some sit outside, go to their car and text, whatever. Several employees including two leads went out for their break after the meeting, and they were all written up at the end of the day.
One of them said he will file a complaint with the state and was told by his manager, “I saw you take two slices of pizza!!! You can’t take the pizza then claim you need a meal break!”
An hourly lead man received his write up and was screamed at for setting a bad example, so he yelled back, “You’re breaking the law!” The manager tore up the write-up for taking the meal break and wrote him up for insubordination and yelling at the manager.
The day ended with several hourly people telling each other they are calling in sick on Monday. Two told coworkers they are calling the state labor board on Monday.
Massachusetts law explicitly requires that meal breaks are required for hourly, they may leave the property, and they may not be assigned work while on their break.
What can the labor board actually do?
How do I waive lunch breaks? I have ADHD and only eat once or twice a day (yes I'm healthy) and I view forced lunch breaks as time theft of my personal time. Since I don't eat at work more than a power bar or something, which takes 5 minutes when I do, the 30-60 minutes I would much rather use to go home early.
What happened to not needing a lunch break if you work a 6 hour shift?
Are the employees required to take break
I have a question. If I choose to not eat and continue working, can my employer deduct that time from my check. Also time clocked out past scheduled time in order to complete work assignments.
I had a question what happen if they made us work with not having lunch and breaks but they pay us for penalty’s ?
Are these laws federal or a state one?
This is California or federal?
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