So I was brushing up in my worker rights' knowhow the other day, and I saw on the Web that in my state and many many other states, meal breaks are NOT, repeat NOT required by ANY law! (Except for minors) What madness is this! I remember on my very first job as a courier my employer told me that employers HAVE to give 30 minute breaks for every 4 hours by law. Did they change this in ten years since?! If so, how horrible! Obviously the government thinks that people are robots. No food or sitting needed, just oil and gas and electricity!
In the hotel that I used to work at, I had no official meal breaks. On other words I had to work on my break. I would bring my food, eat it whenever, and answer the telephone and blah blah blah while I ate. I didn't have much of a problem with that, as long I got to sit and eat and REFUEL. In the job that I'm now in, working for a gym cleaning, my boss lets me have my break. But I'm floored that he doesn't HAVE to!
Maybe I'm just making a big deal out or nothing. Rant over. =P
In the hotel that I used to work at, I had no official meal breaks. On other words I had to work on my break. I would bring my food, eat it whenever, and answer the telephone and blah blah blah while I ate. I didn't have much of a problem with that, as long I got to sit and eat and REFUEL. In the job that I'm now in, working for a gym cleaning, my boss lets me have my break. But I'm floored that he doesn't HAVE to!
Maybe I'm just making a big deal out or nothing. Rant over. =P
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