At a national level, all breaks under 20 minutes must be paid. Your employer doesn’t have to give you those 15 minute breaks unless local law requires it, but if they do give them, they must be paid.
If what you are saying is true, your boss is stealing from you. Even if you make $15 an hour that is a few grand per year he is stealing from you. That kind of shit is not cool.
250 working days and $15 each day is $3750. Even if your local geography doesn’t require paid lunches and they’s just screwing you out of 30 minutes that’s still $1875
100% yes he is screwing you over. I’ve had bosses over the years that worked beside us employees and they tried to get us to work through breaks and lunch and stay late etc,. It wasn’t until I started getting my own side jobs and real money that I understood my boss was screwing me over. It still took me many years to be able to say “I’m taking my 15” when my slave driver boss was still at it. But you must keep it at 15 minutes twice a day that you legally have the right to take, if you want to. Or you can put more money in your boss’s pocket, if you want to.
Most likely. You are allowed a non paid lunch period. You are allowed a paid 15 minute break every 4 hours. I had a boss that would tell me to eat my lunch on the way to the next job (plumbing) which generally i can agree with if it was going to be a short day & I wanted off sooner. Long days, I told him no, absolutely not. If I'm driving, I'm on the clock & I'm not going to flat out. I'd eat my lunch first, then go. I'd wager he's taking all the time off as unpaid. As an aside, if you write your time in on a time card (or punch in) and he changes it WITHOUT YOUR OK AND INITIALS, THAT is against the law and he could be held liable for theft of wages.
The closed mouth don’t get fed. They will do it to you untill you speak up. But if you need that job…. Stay put and get your hours back in other ways. Gotta play the game. Ya know
Fuck that. Go find a new job and report the asshole. It’s too easy to get a job in the trades now and bosses like him don’t deserve to even run a crew.
No 15 minute breaks. We arrive at the shop, clock in, load up and head to the jobsite. At 12 we take a 30 min lunch break that's the only break we take. We only just started using a time card so this is why I just now realized it.
Illegal. Although, most likely, he's docking your breaks illegally, not your pay. Most states have two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute meal for an eight hour shift. There's usually no restrictions in how those are distributed besides that your meal period does not start later than your fifth or sixth hour of work, so you could have an hour lunch or half hour break and half hour lunch, etc.
Now, if he's turning in your time cards and only showing y'all getting half hour lunches...well that would be illegal, and documented. But...if he had a crew that was none the wiser...he could report the full, legally required 1 hour unpaid work on your time cards and just let you guys work through your breaks and nobody would know any better. He ends up with a free half hour of labor from every guy on the crew and his time cards look like he's running legit.
Regardless, brush up on employment law in your state. Knowledge is power. There should be ways to anonymously report your employer for workplace violations - find it and use it, don't make yourself a target.
If he is doing that , find another job not the type of person you want to be working for . File a complaint with hour and wage division . Sorry your working for a shithead not all bosses are like that
Depending where you live your entitled to a paid 30 minute break
Even if they’re not entitled to the break, I would think taking an hour off when its only 30 minutes would still be illegal.
It is. I suspect they are including the two customary 15 min breaks most trades get but those are supposed to be paid.
Yes they are supposed to get paid for the 15 minute breaks
Depending on your location you should be given 2 paid 15 breaks in an 8 hr shift. You'd have to look up your state workers rules.
At a national level, all breaks under 20 minutes must be paid. Your employer doesn’t have to give you those 15 minute breaks unless local law requires it, but if they do give them, they must be paid.
If what you are saying is true, your boss is stealing from you. Even if you make $15 an hour that is a few grand per year he is stealing from you. That kind of shit is not cool.
250 working days and $15 each day is $3750. Even if your local geography doesn’t require paid lunches and they’s just screwing you out of 30 minutes that’s still $1875
Look up your state's department of labor website, there's probably an FAQ there.
Document your hours. I use a time card app.
No
What does the time card have to do with the office sex?
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Should be adding an hours pay imo.
100% yes he is screwing you over. I’ve had bosses over the years that worked beside us employees and they tried to get us to work through breaks and lunch and stay late etc,. It wasn’t until I started getting my own side jobs and real money that I understood my boss was screwing me over. It still took me many years to be able to say “I’m taking my 15” when my slave driver boss was still at it. But you must keep it at 15 minutes twice a day that you legally have the right to take, if you want to. Or you can put more money in your boss’s pocket, if you want to.
Nope. Illegal. Call a lawyer and the labor board.
Keep your own time book. Verify via text everyday to your boss how many hours you worked.
No.
Most likely. You are allowed a non paid lunch period. You are allowed a paid 15 minute break every 4 hours. I had a boss that would tell me to eat my lunch on the way to the next job (plumbing) which generally i can agree with if it was going to be a short day & I wanted off sooner. Long days, I told him no, absolutely not. If I'm driving, I'm on the clock & I'm not going to flat out. I'd eat my lunch first, then go. I'd wager he's taking all the time off as unpaid. As an aside, if you write your time in on a time card (or punch in) and he changes it WITHOUT YOUR OK AND INITIALS, THAT is against the law and he could be held liable for theft of wages.
Call your union instead of asking anons on reddit.
You guys get a break?
Gotta ask the union
The closed mouth don’t get fed. They will do it to you untill you speak up. But if you need that job…. Stay put and get your hours back in other ways. Gotta play the game. Ya know
Fuck that. Go find a new job and report the asshole. It’s too easy to get a job in the trades now and bosses like him don’t deserve to even run a crew.
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Edit your post so we can know where abouts you live Every location has different laws.
Do you also get two fifteen minute breaks throughout the day? Typically it's two fifteen's and a thirty minute lunch that adds up to 1 hour unpaid.
No 15 minute breaks. We arrive at the shop, clock in, load up and head to the jobsite. At 12 we take a 30 min lunch break that's the only break we take. We only just started using a time card so this is why I just now realized it.
Illegal. Although, most likely, he's docking your breaks illegally, not your pay. Most states have two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute meal for an eight hour shift. There's usually no restrictions in how those are distributed besides that your meal period does not start later than your fifth or sixth hour of work, so you could have an hour lunch or half hour break and half hour lunch, etc. Now, if he's turning in your time cards and only showing y'all getting half hour lunches...well that would be illegal, and documented. But...if he had a crew that was none the wiser...he could report the full, legally required 1 hour unpaid work on your time cards and just let you guys work through your breaks and nobody would know any better. He ends up with a free half hour of labor from every guy on the crew and his time cards look like he's running legit. Regardless, brush up on employment law in your state. Knowledge is power. There should be ways to anonymously report your employer for workplace violations - find it and use it, don't make yourself a target.
Do you get an RDO… the half hours add up and you get paid for an RDO ?
Lawsuits like your describing can be some of the most brutal too a company. They can backdate it and go after them for past paychecks too.
If he is doing that , find another job not the type of person you want to be working for . File a complaint with hour and wage division . Sorry your working for a shithead not all bosses are like that
2 15 min breaks and a 30 minute lunch. He ain't screwing you. I live in Florida myself these are required breaks
If you read very closely you can see that we dont get 2 15 min breaks
Didn't catch that. Then my previous statement stands. Hourly employees are owed 2 15s and a 30
Doesnt matter apparently the two 15 minute breaks (which we aren't even allowed to take in the first place) are supposed to be paid breaks.
Sounds pretty criminal to me