I work for a private ambulance company that has not been allowing a break for any meal times. They expect us to eat and sleep in the ambulance. Are there any federal or Ohio laws regarding required breaks and down time?
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when you enter the break room of many businesses there are numbers for places like these i would suggest you go look at the employee board at work
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If an arrested person becomes seriously ill, the custody officer will call an ambulance, the person will be escorted to hospital, one officer in the ambulance, one following behind in a car.\n\nDepending on the offence and the illness, the person may be bailed from their hospital bed, or they may even in the extreme be guarded by an armed police officer.
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New York labor laws require a half hour break after six hours of work. If you are working mor ethan 6 hours per day, 10 minute breaks are also required after four hours. They do not hav eto give you these breaks at specific times. They can be substantially fined for breaking these laws.\n\nAll of this is published online at the NY Dept of Labor.
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Probably go round looking for Muppet's like you. Arr you poor bugger you get a ticket lol.\n\nBut if you want an honest answer other than above. If there cars were taken they wouldn't get to emergency calls on time. \n\nAs for take-aways the public would suffer because police have there own canteens. \n\nSick leave is there to be taken when needed un like your self taking a few days off for a sniffle unless your most likely on the dole or just got out of a cell. They probably have time off for more serious injuries or illnesses.
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California labor law requires a 30 minute lunch break for every 6 hours worked. It also requires a 10 minute paid break for every 4 hours or major portion worked.
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It depends on your company policy (you should have handbook, or contact HR department) regarding medical/emergency leave, and whether you complied with all the necessary documents - did you submit doctor's note with time frame for return, apply for disability, etc.\n\nHowever, it is legal if your employer has less than 50 employees, according to the Louisiana Department of Labor - http://www.ldol.state.la.us/job_laborlawfaq.asp?Portal=WRK\n\nAre there any legal restrictions against firing, suspending or disciplining employees?\n\nLouisiana is known as an employment-at-will state. Generally, this means that an employer may legally hire, fire, suspend or discipline any employee at any time and for any reason - good or bad - or for no reason at all. However, an employer may not discriminate against any employee on the basis of the employee's race, sex, age, religion, color, national origin, or disability. Louisiana law also prohibits discrimination on the basis of pregnancy or childbirth, sickle cell trait, handicap, and smoking.\n\nEmployees who are fired may still apply for unemployment insurance benefits. The Louisiana Department of Labor's Office of Regulatory Services will determine eligibility. Further information may be found under the Unemployment Insurance section of this Web site at: http://www.ldol.state.la.us/job_uifaq.asp\n\nHowever, if your employer has 50 or more employees, you may be protected under FMLA - Family and Medical Leave Act \n\nUnder the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, employers having 50 or more employees must grant medical leave to some employees in certain circumstances without the threat of the loss of their job. Questions concerning the enforcement of FMLA matters should be directed to the FMLA section of the United States Department of Labor's Web site at http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/
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they can "suspend" you for any length of time if you have broken a company rule.\n\nAnd they can lay you off anytime they want for any reason, or just no reason at tall.\n\nfor employees not working somewhere long enogh to get paid holiday pay,  being off on a holiday is unpaid.\n\nSo you did not explain exactaly what is happened,\n\nBut they could tell you that if you don't work Saturday, they will just not call you in next week,
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No. It is not right. It has been a long time since I have looked at the laws and they might have varied a little in that time. But I do know it used to be anything over five hours you had to have a half hour. Anything over seven hours you are entitled to another half hour.\n\nI will look up and see if I can find recent laws. \nFight your boss and if they will not change then take it to the BBB or the county.
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Check out this site (Department of Labor) for all the infromation you could possibly want to know on FMLA.\n\nhttp://www.dol.gov/dol/allcfr/ESA/Title_29/Part_825/toc.htm
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So far your employer is only putting you off.  Keep in mind that if an employee misses work for three/four months straight, ordinarily the employer needs to hire someone to replace them (even if the replacement is only temporary).  \n\nYou may have rights under the Americans with disabilities act (ADA) or under the Family Emergency Medical Leave Act (FEMLA).  In addition, if your accident occurred while you were on the job (regardless of fault), you may have remedies under your state's workers' compensation laws.\n\nYour employer might not have any legal duty to hire you back on light duty.  But if they continue to refuse to put you back once you've fully recovered, you may want to visit with an attorney.
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Paramedics have different schedule's set forth by there state, local, and federal governments.  While some paramedics may work 12 hour shifts each day five days a week others may work 48 hours on call and 72 hours off duty time to spend with friends and loved ones.  Paramedics even emts respond to a wide variety of emergencies, but they also do a variety of other things.  Like transport a patient from a nursing home to a doctor, hospital, or for other medical reasons that a patient may need to be transported.  Most of those patients may me elderly from nursing home's or someone that may not be able to get to therapy on there own free will.  So when you see an ambulance driving down a street it may be that they are doing the thing that they wanted to do when they became a paramedic.  To preserve the integrety of life, and to help those in need know matter what is put in front of them.  Paramedics in thier time off from there job with the ambulance service sometimes work in the hospital emergency room or volunteer there time to other things.  The one most thing that paramedics, emt's, or any other person in the medical field such as nurse's, doctor's or any other medical proffesional they never stop learning.  They go to refresher course's and other learning source to keep the high standards of rescue and medical care skill's up to date and in tune.  Some cities have there own ambulance's that are part of the fire department.  They work the same hours as the firefighters and are on call the whole time that they are at the station.  They eat, shower, sleep, and that is thier home away from home.  Paramedics, firefighter's, and other medical professional's sacrifice not only thierselves, but also it take's away from there family and kid's.  That's called dedication to the care of helping people and saving lives without being selfish.  There family also sacrifices thier loved father, daughter, son, or wife that is a paramedic so that they may be able to oneday save you or one of your families lifes or to give comfort in the unfortunate event that there is a tragedy.  So you might say that if you were a paramedic, it does'nt just effect you.  It also effects your family and love one's and the person or person's you are trying to give medical help to.  If you are thinking about being a paramedic dont think your going to do it for the money, because you not going to make a gold pot full of money.  Most paramedics that got into there field did so without self reservation.  They did to help the people they could help and comfort the one's they could in the time of loss.  A paramedic and emt are your advocate.  When you are injured and can't speak for yourself and can't tell them what is wrong it is thier proffesional knowledge and quick thinking in a moments notice that save your life with the continued communication's with the medical doctor's and staff of the emergency room that you may being transported to.  The paramedic is your voice, eye's, and ear's to make sure that you get the proper level of care by the time that you reach the hospital.  Without the paramedic's training, knowledge, and skill,s how do you think that you would make to the hospital in a life threatning situation.  You wouldnt.  A paramedics life is not all a bed of rose's.  Being a paramedic is a hard and very challenging job.  So remember when see that ambulance traveling down your city street.  The paramedic never stop's working or learning.  It is also a very demanding job.  On a lighter note paramedic's are able to go on vacation, and spend quality time with there family when there away from work.  Remember a paramedic doesnt always get that patt on the back or a job well done.  They mainly get only self gratifitcation and to know that they may have helped make a change for the good in someones life to the best of their ability.  I could keep going but
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I've included a link to the federal Department of Labor's page regarding overtime law.  Depending on the specific facts of your situation, you'll be able to access a specific answer.
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Unless your lunch break is paid for by the company you can take it whenever you want, it's your time, not theirs. As far as breaks, those are paid for by the company so I'm afraid you would have to take those as assigned.
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If you are an hourly employee then you must be paid for overtime. It can't be compensated with time off. If you receive a salary you can be compensated with time off. There is no law about paid holidays or vacations. In California you must be given at least a 30 minute lunch break but it is unpaid. There is also a morning and afternoon 15 minute break that is paid.\n\nThe only problem is that you can report the employer and he can't file you for that but I guarantee you will be fired for something and never get promoted. I would find another job.
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Okay, there's no easy answer to this one.  As a Human Resources Director, let me say the following.\n\nIf you are able to perform the duties of the job in full with your current injury, and a doctor is willing to put as much in writing, there is no legal basis for requiring you to take time off.  \n\nA demotion would be out of line legally and ethically.  You are protected under a federal law (Family Medical Leave Act - FMLA).  If YOU feel you need the time off, I'd make sure he knows that you are taking time off under your rights with FMLA.  \n\nI would strongly encourage you to get your employer to put in writing that they are mandating the time off, and that as a result they are considering a demotion.  \n\nThe Department of Labor is there to help with situations like this, so I would call and make an official complaint with them (though you should know your employer will be very unhappy to hear from DOL, and even though they're not supposed to retaliate, they may try to in underhanded ways).  \n\nIn addition to all this, I hope that you are being covered under your employer's worker's compensation insurance.  They should be paying for any lost time the doctor is mandating, if they are.  I'd be happy to give more information if you need it.
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you may need to get in touch with the labor board and ask them what the laws for you state are. i was under the impression that no matter where you were employeed if you worked an 8 hour shift (no matter what time of the day or nite) you employer is supposed to give you 2 ten minute smoke breakes and 1 thirty minute lunch break. i may be wrong it may differ from state to state.
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Your boyfriend was at a doctor's office when he fainted; an episode of a person losing conscience is a MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Since he was in a medical facility [A DOCTOR'S OFFICE], the doctor and his staff were OBLIGATED BY LAW to tend to him immediately and do all that they could to evaluate and stabilize him. If they couldn't treat him because of lack of appropriate equipment, or for any other reason whatsoever, then THEY had to provide transportation by ambulance for the patient to another medical facility AT THEIR EXPENSE, EVEN IF THE PATIENT COULDN'T PAY FOR THE SERVICES OR DIDN'T HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE. This is known as the "EMTALA" or "anti-dumping law". Therefore, the doctor and his staff are the ones  responsible for paying the expenses incurred in transporting your boyfriend by ambulance to the hospital, NOT YOU. My advice: forward the bill to the doctor's office along with a note stating that you know that the dispositions of the law makes them responsible for the payment of the ambulance's fees; keep a copy for your records. DON'T PAY THAT BILL, you're not responsible for it; THEY ARE:IT'S THE LAW.