after how many hours at work are they required to give you a break?
413381
Check out the OSHA website, find your state, and that should do it.
782324
It depends on who you work for. Each employer has different rules. I've worked for one employer who had us work 8.5 hour shifts and we only took 30 minutes for lunch; another it was a 9 hour shift and we took 60 minutes for lunch; and currently I just work 8 hours and my employer lets me have 30 minutes for lunch as a freebie.
395251
There isnt a state that I know of that allows eight hour days without breaks.  Believe it or not, it is clearly within your complete rights to ask your employer if you are getting your legal amount of breaks.\n\nEven if its a job that it would be difficult for them to run without you, if you are still entitled by law, so be it.
465014
An hour limit for what?  I have no idea what your talking about?  Lunch?  If that's the case get off your fat ass and eat your lunch.  An hour is more then enough time.  Hell, I only get 45 minutes were I work.
398304
Does an employer have to provide employees breaks or a meal period?\nNo, unless the employee is under the age of 16.
174970
Official 60 minutes because they have three 20 minute periods but with stoppage, breaks it will take about two hours and a half to three hours and that's without Over-time, Shoot-outs, that's another 30 minutes
166665
If you are using your vehicle for company use you are clocked in until you take a break or lunch time. And you should also request mileage reimbursement.
975954
as per the labour law minimum period of work per a day is 8 hrs only. in normar circumstances.\nthanking you.\nMurali.
457989
In some states, if you ae over 18, you don't have to take a break, but if you're working over a certain number of hours in a day, you have to take a break.
1130743
I believe that if there is only one employee on the property for the entire shift, then he cannot "remove from public view" to eat and rest.  But from what I have been told, a Break MUST be taken. (or at least not paid for)  Most small businesses split that 30 into two 15 minute breaks at the 0.25 and 3/4 marks in the shift for "heavy" snacking.  If a business is that small (like ours) that one person IS the shift, the customers usually don't have a prob. with them snacking at the counter.
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As long as you are working there LEGALLY, then YES THEY MUST GIVE BREAKS (every 3 or 4 hours?) Check with the Labor Board for the official amount!!   If an illegal alien is at work, he/she is not entitled to breaks and the boss can do as the boss pleases. Aliens shouldn't even be here so no, THEY have no rights.
361080
I think the law varies from state to state, but I know in some states if you work over 4 hours you are supposed to get 1/2 hour lunch break.
517027
It depends on the employment laws in your country; state/province and also on the type of work you do.  In my work, a person has to work more than 5 hours before they are required to take a 1/2 hour lunch/dinner.
1075734
Cut-off time in your example is 4:30pm. Your workplace is not responsible for your commute, as they are not forcing you to live 3 hours away, regardless of traffic.\n\nUnless you are on a contract basis and expense that sort of thing.
80450
If he is over 18, apparently they do not have to allow any breaks.  \n\nFrom Wisconsin - employment - labor law as stated on http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/er/labor_standards_bureau/breaks_and_meals.htm\n\n"Wisconsin law does not require that employers provide brief rest periods, coffee breaks or meal periods for adult employees, although the Department recommends, in Chapter DWD 274.02(2) of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, that employers do so."\n\n"Employers are encouraged, but not required, to provide breaks of at least 30 minutes in duration at times reasonably close to the usual meal period.  Such matters are to be determined directly between the employer and the employee."\n\n"Employers must pay employees for "on duty" meal periods. An "on duty" meal period is one where the worker is not provided at least 30 consecutive minutes free from work, or where the worker is not free to leave the employer’s premises. Employers may not deduct from a worker's wages for any time off of less than 30 consecutive minutes."
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State Laws usually mandate when employers must give you "rest periods" or breaks. How much and when depends mostly on the discretion of the employer, but there are some legal protections.\n\nThere is no federal law that gives you meal or rest breaks. However, states sometimes have labor laws which mandate time off for meals (like a lunch break) or for a rest break (perhaps a mid-afternoon break). Further, labor unions oftentimes have specific contracts that explicitly mandate time for breaks. Whether or not you can get paid during breaks depends on your employer and on the same state labor laws.
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Where I live they work 24 hrs on 48 hrs off.  There are 3 shifts, A B and C they rotate between the shifts.