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HockeyMom

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4. When I worked as a secretary for a Corporation,

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:11 PM

Apr 2012

a number of times I worked through lunch when a deadline had to be met. Somebody bought me lunch and I ate while working. However, I was given Comp time for it and just went home early that day. If I was not given the Comp time, they would have had to pay me, as a Non-Exempt employee, overtime for working over those 40 hours.

Are they eliminating OT if an employer makes their staff not get a lunch break?

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California court says employers don't have to assure workers of lunch break. [View all] Skidmore Apr 2012 OP

... xchrom Apr 2012 #1

That headline does not convey the story cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #2

When I worked as a secretary for a Corporation, HockeyMom Apr 2012 #4

I doubt it cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #9

That was my thinking as well: this doesn't prevent people from taking lunch breaks arcane1 Apr 2012 #6

This is not a congressional issue. former9thward Apr 2012 #7

My bad cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #11

Are these fucking people crazy malaise Apr 2012 #3

There you have it - we officially live in the Matrix. Initech Apr 2012 #5

I think I'm perfectly capable of deciding WeekendWarrior Apr 2012 #8

Force being the operative word here liberal N proud Apr 2012 #10

I hate taking lunch breaks. I don't eat lunch. Lionessa Apr 2012 #13

Employers can easily direct their workers to stop work at an assigned time for a "lunch break". Better Believe It Apr 2012 #12