Not given lunch break at work!?
403500
i am afraid the other answer is wrong call your local fair wage and labor board and they will tell you they changed the law 3 years ago an employer does not have to give you a break anymore by law it is up to the employer most seem fit to give breaks but there are still a few that dont get another job
489573
i can't answer for Mississippi law, but federal law mandates paid 15 minute breaks for every 4 hours of work.  There is no federal law regarding lunch breaks.
1116747
Talk to your supervisor and see what they are willing to arrange. They are not required by any law to meet your schedule.
879869
No, I'm bored at work!
1185115
I'm at work, and shouldn't be doing this. Oh well.\n\nMy job has boring days and extremely busy days. Today is definately a boring day. I'm trying to kill time.
24850
According to the Texas Workforce Commission, federal law does not require a lunch break, and neither does Texas law.  If you're not given a thirty minute break, then you'll continue to be paid, even for a short break where you may have the chance to eat.
841270
NO!  You have to be payed for what you work. I had a previous employer that did the same to me and I had to go all the way up the chain and eventually was paid for 60 days of docked lunches I never took!
269724
Hey, I am new at this as well. I guess it is one of those learn as you go type of things. I'm also stuck at work. I can't leave entail 8 in the morning. That sucks because I am tired.
434710
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.
477487
No Comment!  Im not at work now!
2555
Few states require lunch or rest breaks, if any.  I know that for most employees over the age of 18 in even more politically liberal states like New Jersey do not require rest breaks.  Of course, many states regulate such for minors, but few for workers over the age of 18.\n\nI've included a link to a Department of Labor chart that gives requirements for each state on meal breaks.  It's a pretty short list: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington, and West Virginia.\n\nFor rest breaks, the list shrinks to California, Colorad, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.\n\nPerhaps few regulate is because most employers voluntarily give rest breaks to employees to make work more bearable.  Perhaps few regulate because unions, often providing the strongest labor law components in states, don't really care if non-unionized labor is forced to receive breaks, but really works hard to ensure that its own members are protected through contract agreements and bargaining.  Regardless, I hope this information helps.
578636
Ask your employer.  \n\nSome companies pay their employees based on each 1/10 of the hour (or each 6 minute interval) they work.  So if you punch in at 8:57am, or 8:59am, you are still only paid as if you punched in at 9:00am.  If you punch in at 9:01am, you would be marked as 1/10th of an hour late even though you punched in only one minute late, and you would be paid the same as if you punched in at 9:06am.\n\nI worked at a company that automatically took out a 30 minute lunch break after 6 hours whether the employee punched out of not.  The result was if I worked between 6 hours and 6.5 hours, I only got paid for 6 (whether I took a lunch or not).  If I worked 7 hours straight without a lunch break, I only got paid for 6.5.
941463
I am in North Yorkshire, UK. I take a packed lunch which normally consist of a sarnie, light crisps and low fat yoghurt. No alcohol. I personally wouldnt consume alcoholic when working, I'd normally leave it till the weekend. I dont think it is wise to drink and return to work. It could affect your performance and attitude towards others, let alone the sheer embarresment of your boss smelling it on you!
246329
I've never heard of a state requiring a break or lunch room.  Most small businesses would never even be able to find space for one.  Now if you mean a lunch break that's different, but that's not what you asked.
500657
I like meaningless questions like this. I'm at work, with 6 hours to go, including 1 hour for lunch, and only an hour's worth of work to do. When it's this slow, I go to yahoo answers. Have a good day.
99019
You could simply tell them that you are busy working and that you need to keep this job so you don't have time to mess around. I am assuming you are not being harrassed sexually. If you are, then they should be reported.
346309
I would not tell my boss. I would wait and see how long it would take for him to fire me. I'd just show up late, do nothing all day, take long lunches and go home early.