What would happen if my boss told me not to take a long lunch break because it wouldn't be fair to the others?
I'm a very hard worker & my boss has told me twice not 2 take long breaks because my co-workers don't think its fair, is this legal? I work full-time 8/day 40/week. While my co-workers only work part-time 4-5/day 25/week, not to mention they're always late. This is a very small business as well, are the meal breaks different for small businesses? or am i just getting punked around? for 1, i've seen that we are only entitled to 1 break a day since i started working here 3 years ago, unless it's really slow then we might get 2 breaks. but is it wrong for me 2 take an hour long break when we only take 1 break a day? (i'm adding all my breaks up that i'm entitled to, considering i'm supposed to be getting 3 breaks 2 15's & 1 half hour). he has told me not 2 take long breaks when they come in, is this allowed? it shouldn't matter whether they are here or not its my break time, i guess they complain that they don't get the same amount of time but i work more & they always break the rules.
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Whether or not that's allowed all depends on the state your in. About half the states require lunch breaks and a few require other breaks during the day. If you tell me where you are, I can give you more information.
Edit: Your employer is required to give you a 30 minute unpaid lunch period and 10 paid minutes per 4 hours worked. Those rest periods are supposed to be as close to the middle of the work period as practicable, so that would mean your rest period should come at hour 2, lunch at hour 4, and second rest at hour 6. The first rest period must precede the meal period (and be followed by work) and the second must follow the meal period (with some work in between. In fact, your employer is not allowed to let you take breaks combined in a way you are suggesting.
He that has the gold makes the rules. You are on the end of a losing hand, obey the rules, while looking for a job that's will address your contributions and give you your do, despite trying to please the other employees.
PS> I bet the other employees are more than likely friends or relatives of the boss
The 2 15 minute breaks are not required to be given to you by law. Anyway, fair or not, he is the boss and if you want to work there , you have to abide by his rules as long as he is within the law...which i believe he is. It is up to him if he wants to treat you differently than the part-timers and explain it to them. If this is very imprortant to you, and you cannot negotiate an agreement with him, time to look around!
The employer in New York is REQUIRED to give you a 15-minute paid break if the span of work is 4 hours or more. If you choose to not take it, that is up to you.
When half-hour lunches are scheduled, other people's hours are scheduled around them. You are costing the company a half-our in someone's wages paid to cover your absence when you are not back on time.
You can ask if taking one long break is alright and will probably be told "No."
If I have an employee who does EXCEPTIONAL work, I will give her some slack on the rules. It's the boss's call.
If the other employees complained about me not being fair to them because I allow you to take longer breaks, I would tell the other employees to quit complaining about what's fair and do the job they were hired to do. It's none of their business how I choose to run my business.
I wouldn't hire whiners and complainers. I'm in business to make money, not to babysit.
You can always call the Labor Board in your State and find out what the law says about "breaks", but if you try standing up against you boss, you'll just get "let go". That's what I would do. If I had an employee that wanted to make my life miserable, and make a big legal stink about "breaks", they would be out the door.
What is it that people don't understand about: "if you don't like working her, move on." Do you really have the energy and time to pursue playing hardball regarding your breaks?
If so, maybe that time and energy should just be put in to finding another job, and/or getting more education.
It's wrong for you to assume that you are entitled to extra break time, without the previous permission from the boss.
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