Lunch forced to take as first or last hour of 8 hour shift,

[Jgoostree]

I work at a pool for a Casino in Las Vegas and for the lifeguards and pool attendants they schedule us for 8 hour shifts. However, they make us take a 1 hour lunch at the very first hour or the very last hour of the shift so there is a 7 hour stretch of working in which they give us about a 15 minute break but that's it. The lunch is paid. Is this legal to have people work for 7 hours straight with only a 10 minute or so break or no break at all?

 

[cbg]

Nevada law requires the following: 30 minutes, unpaid, for employees who work 8 hours or more; a paid ten minute break for every four hours or major fraction thereof. The rest break needs to be as close as possible to the middle of the work period; there is no requirement as to the placement of the meal break.

Federal law requires no breaks of any kind, regardless of the length of shift.

 

[Betty]

NRS 608.019 Periods for meals and rest.

1. An employer shall not employ an employee for a continuous period of 8 hours without permitting the employee to have a meal period of at least one-half hour. No period of less than 30 minutes interrupts a continuous period of work for the purposes of this subsection.

2. Every employer shall authorize and permit all his employees to take rest periods, which, insofar as practicable, shall be in the middle of each work period. The duration of the rest periods shall be based on the total hours worked daily at the rate of 10 minutes for each 4 hours or major fraction thereof. Rest periods need not be authorized however for employees whose total daily work time is less than 3 and one-half hours. Authorized rest period shall be counted as hours worked, for which there shall be no deduction from wages.

3. This section does not apply to:

(a) Situations where only one person is employed at a particular place of employment.

(b) Employees included within the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement.

4. An employer may apply to the Labor Commissioner for an exemption from providing to all or to one or more defined categories of his employees one or more of the benefits conferred by this section. The Labor Commissioner may grant the exemption if he believes the employer has shown sufficient evidence that business necessity precludes providing such benefits. Any exemption so granted shall apply to members of either sex.

5. The Labor Commissioner may by regulation exempt a defined category of employers from providing to all or to one or more defined categories of their employees one or more of the benefits conferred by this section, upon his own motion or upon the application of an association of employers. Each such application shall be considered at a hearing and may be granted if the Labor Commissioner finds that business necessity precludes providing that particular benefit or benefits to the employees affected. Any exemption so granted shall apply to members of either sex.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1583; A 1977, 82)

The law does not say there is a certain time when lunch must be taken.