Rest and Meal Breaks: You can Take the Attorney’s Help!
Providing rest and meal breaks should be in every office. Are you getting a 10–15-minute rest break every four working hours? Are you getting 30-45-minute meal breaks every five hours you have worked? Is your overtime paid? Are you receiving itemized wage statements? According to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employers should not consider rest and meal breaks for employees to get permission. They should be mandatory for workers. If they don’t get it, attorneys can help them. For instance, an employer permits employees to take short rest breaks. They should be compensated for their time when they are on these breaks. Suppose an employee earns $5 every 10 minutes and takes a 10-minute break. They should get bucks for this break. However, employees taking more than the permitted break should understand why they are not getting paid for those additional minutes. Bona Fide Meal Break The management often allows their employees to take 30 minutes to one hour of a meal break. The FLSA...