Lunch Law in CA (employment, unemployment, employers, wages)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
LongtimeBravesFan is not my real name, so I'm not worried about getting in trouble for time card fraud. I am only claiming the time I actually worked, the extra 30 minutes is taken off for lunch, which is not paid.
Without going into detail, I work as part of a group that visits different locations every day to perform a certain task. We work until the task is over and then we leave. We take a short 10-15 minute break during the day, but not a full lunch. Everybody is cool with doing it that way.
I was hourly employee that worked a 8 hours shift and was not given any breaks and was not able to take my lunch until the sixth hour, is this legal in California and if not can I recieve back pay?
Where I work we work straight through without a lunch break. Then when we input our time online, we add an extra 30 minutes to make it look like we took a lunch. So if we work from 5:00-12:00, we enter 12:30 as our clock out time, with a 30 minute unpaid lunch.
I was hourly employee that worked a 8 hours shift and was not given any breaks and was not able to take my lunch until the sixth hour, is this legal in California and if not can I recieve back pay?
I don't think it's legal for CA...as that is too much time before lunch time started. Not sure about the penalty or any backpay for this. Or if certain companies are exempt. You will have to research the CA law.
Some of ya'll clock out for lunch? The only time I have ever had to do that is if we left company property, I did have a long term job where we didn't punch a lock and could take lunch whenever we wanted but HAD to take 30 minutes at some point during the day(NO, it couldn't be at the end of the day).
Some of ya'll clock out for lunch? The only time I have ever had to do that is if we left company property, I did have a long term job where we didn't punch a lock and could take lunch whenever we wanted but HAD to take 30 minutes at some point during the day(NO, it couldn't be at the end of the day).
CA has some very strict laws about when lunch must be taken. Even if you don't clock in/out. Hourly employees have to take lunch and it has to be a certain number of hours after their start time. Even if the employee doesn't want to take a lunch or doesn't want to take lunch that early. It's a very strick law in CA.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
