Is it against labor laws not to give a break after working 8 hours?
I live in Illinois, not sure if that matters, but I used to worked for this outfit for 8 hours and was told that I got paid for working 8 hours and that does not include breaks. In addition I was told that I was not entitled to get paid for any minutes after 8 hours worked when balancing out the cash drawer, that usually took 15 minutes.
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Your employer routinely violated the federal fair labor standards act. If you contact the federal labor commission (look in the phone book) they might be willing to contact your prior employer to get you back pay. It could be a lot. !5 minutes of overtimes per day, plus pay for all the breaks you should have had, about an hour per work day. Plus, you would be helping any poor slobs who are currently working for that outfit.
hopefully you got a better job, i'm pretty sure thats illegal, you should get an unpaid break of at least 20 mins in illinois after working 7 and 1/2 hours, that sucks i get 2 15's paid and an unpaid 30min
If you are under 18 they have to give you a Break that is the law and they can get in trouble for not doing it.If you are over 18 you also are to get a 30 minutes lunch hour.and if you work past your 8 hrs they have to pay you for that.If Someone was to turn them in they would be in Big Trouble.
The usual labor board finding is a fifteen minute break in a 4 hour period, and at least a half hour for lunch if the shift is 7 hours or more.
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