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tonyscj5
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What is the name of your state? cal
At the Lumber yard I work at we are often very buisy during the summers. Often time us truck drivers do not have time to take a lunch during the day. It was my understanding that each employee has to take a half hour lunch break during their 8 hour shift?
The drivers often dont get this lunch break. But the company has to cover their tail, so the book keeper is told by managment to take a half hour out of the middle of the day, and tack it on to the end of the day, on the drivers time cards. They do this almost daily.
Is this legal, what can happen to them for doing this? In california I was under the impression that If you dont take a lunch during an 8-5 hour shift you should be paid 8 hours straight time, 1 hour OT, and then compensated for the lunch that you were forced to work through.
Whats the law say?
thanks
At the Lumber yard I work at we are often very buisy during the summers. Often time us truck drivers do not have time to take a lunch during the day. It was my understanding that each employee has to take a half hour lunch break during their 8 hour shift?
The drivers often dont get this lunch break. But the company has to cover their tail, so the book keeper is told by managment to take a half hour out of the middle of the day, and tack it on to the end of the day, on the drivers time cards. They do this almost daily.
Is this legal, what can happen to them for doing this? In california I was under the impression that If you dont take a lunch during an 8-5 hour shift you should be paid 8 hours straight time, 1 hour OT, and then compensated for the lunch that you were forced to work through.
Whats the law say?
thanks