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Originally Posted by hekiliko'olau  Per the Department of Labor:
"meal periods (typically 30 minutes or more) generally need not be compensated as work time. The employee must be completely relieved from duty for the purpose of eating regular meals. The employee is not relieved if he/she is required to perform any duties, whether active or inactive, while eating."
This includes answering telephones and writing contracts. |
During my e-chimp days, sometimes I would help answer phones during my lunch just to help out my friends that worked there. However, if I didn't feel like helping at all, i just said "sorry I'm on lunch" and kept eating or reading my paper. Some people just need to grow a backbone. It's kind of sad that some spineless people complain about being "forced" to work through lunch. They're probably the same people that bullies took lunch money from.