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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Labor Laws In California For Breaks In Georgia

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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.

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.

Employers who make it difficult or impossible for their workers to take these legally-protected breaks owe their workers compensation for forcing them to miss their breaks. Should they fail to provide this compensation, these employers could face a lawsuit based on California law.

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.

Neither the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) nor Georgia law require breaks or meal periods be given to workers. However, many employers do provide breaks and meal periods. Breaks of short duration (from 5 to 20 minutes) are common.

Trust me, this is a very common question and many like you are surprised that there is no federal law requiring that employees be given breaks in the United States. An employer has the right to make you work 12 hours without a break or even 16 hours.

Neither the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) nor Georgia law requires breaks or meal periods be given to workers. However, many employers do provide breaks and meal periods, even though discretionary with the employer. Breaks of short duration, from 5 to 20 minutes, are common.

The minimum wage laws in Georgia do not implement a rigid maximum cap on the hours an employee can work within a single day or week. However, since most employees are covered under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal definition of workweek would apply.

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Neither the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) nor Georgia law require breaks or meal periods be given to workers. Workers have a right to at least a 30minute meal break or each 6 hours worked in a calendar day.For example, California requires one paid 10minute rest period for every 4 hours worked. In the state of California, employers are required to allow an unpaid 30 minute break for eating, unless the employee voluntarily waives this. California labor laws apply to most every worker working in California regardless of where your employer is located. My company is based in California but CA labor laws don't apply to our teams in the New York, New Mexico, Georgia or Louisiana offices. Short breaks, those that are usually 20 minutes or less, should be counted as hours worked. No, this is not legal. The Labor Code says that a meal break of at least 30 minutes must be provided if the employee works more than five hours. Employers in California have to pay workers properly.

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