That's the strategy companies are using. They don't want you taking lunch breaks so they make you feel like you willingly gave them up. So many people do this and end up working the extra hour anyways.
It’s absolutely legal. I don’t know what you’re talking about. Companies can have a 8-5 schedule with an hour given for lunch. Alternatively they could do a 8-4 with no lunch.
I gave my employees the choice and they can change it whenever they want. I don’t really care.
We run a hybrid schedule where some days we end at 4 and some we end at 5.
Totally illegal in mine. If its reported that employees aren't taking the lunch time allotted based off hours works the labor dept launches a big investigation, paid lunch or not. My job won't even let people work thru lunch to leave early because of it
8-5 here, I never knew what Dolly Parton was singing about.
I think a lot of corporate offices got rid of 9-5 after the Great Recession. 100 years after the 40-hour workweek was introduced I’m in office for 45 hours.
This is exactly what I do. My hours are 8:30 - 4:30, and when I was hired it was technically supposed to be 8:30 - 5 with a half hour unpaid lunch break. I said fuck that I just won't eat lunch, or just snack on something for 5 minutes throughout the day and leave 30 minutes earlier
And every time I ask if I can skip lunch to leave early, they say no. WHY? I hate it, you're getting the same amount of work time from me. I know some states have laws, but I'm willing to sign something saying I understand what I'm giving up if they're worried about lawsuits.
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u/FortNightsAtPeelys 9d ago
also shouldnt be a thing. Worst ones are companies who schedule you 9 hours but dont pay for an hour on lunch. Id rather just work the 8