Home     Law Advice     Insurance Advice     Community    
Wage & Salary Issues : Minimum wage laws, vacation pay, overtime, etc.
Go Back   FreeAdvice Legal Forum > EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW > Wage & Salary Issues
Reload this Page Mandating break and automatically docking pay

Powered by Attorney Pages


  Find An Attorney In Your Area    
 

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 10-13-2009, 10:16 AM
Junior Member
  
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 3

Mandating break and automatically docking pay

Michigan - Is it legal for an employer to mandate a 10 min break during a 4 hour work shift, and will dock pay even if this time is not used?
  #2  
Old 10-13-2009, 10:25 AM
cbg cbg is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 23,739
It is legal in ALL states for an employer to mandate breaks, no matter how short (or long) the shift. What's more, in ALL states you can be fired for not taking the break if your employer wants you to take it.

However, in no state is is legal to dock pay for a break that was not taken. Also, under Federal law, a break of under 20 minutes must be a paid break.

So it is legal to mandate the break, but not legal to dock for it.
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Linear Mode
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:46 AM.

Contact Us - FreeAdvice - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

IMPORTANT NOTICE
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE WERE NOT REVIEWED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OR ATTORNEYS AT FREEADVICE.COM. Thousands of professionally prepared and reviewed questions and answers in 130 legal categories are to be found at the Question and Answer pages at FreeAdvice.com.
FreeAdvice Forums are intended to enable consumers to benefit from the experience of other consumers who have faced similar legal issues. FreeAdvice does NOT vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any posting or the qualifications of any person responding. Use of the Forums is subject to our Terms and Conditions which prohibit advertisements, solicitations or other commercial messages, or false, defamatory, abusive, vulgar, or harassing messages, and subject violators to a fee for each improper posting. All postings reflect the views of the author but become the property of FreeAdvice. Information on FreeAdvice or a Forum should not be relied upon and is not a substitute for advice from an attorney licensed in your jurisdiction who you have retained to represent you. To locate an attorney visit AttorneyPages.com. Copyright since 1995 by Advice Company. All Rights Reserved.