What to do if your boss won't give you a break?

If HR won't help you, go to your local labor board and report them. And if you do go to your local labor board, talk to a lawyer and let them know what's going on. Also, try and take your 30-minute breaks to show that you're following the law or at least trying to. Plus, it'll give you more evidence against your boss.

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This Handbook provides an overview of federal laws addressing employer-employee rights and obligations. Information discussed includes wages & hours, discrimination, termination of employment, pension plans and retirement benefits, workplace safety, workers' compensation, unions, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and much more in 25 pages of materials.

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However, employers are encouraged to consider the health and well-being of their employees when planning shifts. General Workforce: For most employees, there are no mandatory rest periods under state law or the FLSA. Employers can schedule shifts without a required minimum rest period between them.

There is no requirement under South Carolina law for an employer to provide employees with breaks or a lunch period.

There's no set time between shifts in California. Every five hours, many team members are eligible for a 30-minute break.

There is no legal requirement in South Carolina for employers to provide advance notice for a schedule change. Employers are not obligated by state law to give any notice before changing an employee's schedule. While this flexibility is legally permissible, sudden schedule changes can create challenges for employees.

There is no minimum shift requirement or minimum hour requirement for part-time or full-time employees. The 4-hour rule refers to minimum compensation in certain circumstances. These include on-call or scheduled-to-work employees who receive inadequate notice that they do not have any work for their shift.

California requires employers to provide employees with ten-minute rest breaks for every four hours (or major fraction) worked. Anything over two hours is a “major fraction” of a four-hour period.

California Employers and Employees may Mutually Waive a Meal Break. An employee and an employer may mutually agree that the employee will waive (or relinquish the right to) a meal break. California Labor Code § 512(a) .

In most states, breaks are required by law. The employer has to, by law, enforce that employees take those breaks. If they fail to do so, it opens them up to very expensive lawsuits. I recall a decade or two back, The Gap has a massive settlement in the state of California over employees working through breaks.

If HR won't help you, go to your local labor board and report them. And if you do go to your local labor board, talk to a lawyer and let them know what's going on. Also, try and take your 30-minute breaks to show that you're following the law or at least trying to. Plus, it'll give you more evidence against your boss.

Yes, you can bring a legal claim associated with the employer not providing you with a reasonable opportunity to take your meal or rest periods.

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An uninterrupted 30-minute unpaid meal break when working more than five hours in a day. If you work over 5 hours in a day, you are entitled to a meal break of at least 30 minutes that must start before the end of the fifth hour of your shift.Employers must provide a second meal break of no fewer than 30 minutes for all workdays on which an employee works more than 10 hours. Workers have a right to at least a 30minute meal break or each 6 hours worked in a calendar day. California employers must provide employees with a paid rest break for every 4 hours of work, as well as an unpaid meal break every 5 hours. In South Carolina, no law gives employees the right to time off to eat lunch (or another meal) or the right to take short breaks during the work day. An employee is entitled to a 30 minute meal period whenever he or she works a shift of more than five hours. At LaborLawCenter®, we monitor every single labor law change for you, so it's easy for your business to stay in compliance. Are your posters up to date? Rest and Meal Breaks.

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