Can my employer REALLY...

[Bigsweetie]

Originally Posted by Mrs.Welch

I tried google! I just kept finding stuff for the UK. Though I don't have to worry about it now. I told my boss today that I needed to see if I could get off 10 minutes earlier each day so that my son would not be the last at his daycare. She started raising her voice at me saying that if I was an intelligent person I would move my son to her daycare, I would work when she scheduled me NO MATTER WHAT! And that I said I told her I could work anytime, any day and I didn't! I was SO pissed off! I told her that if she wanted to insult my parenting choices that I did not want to work for her, she asked if I was going to just leave in the middle of a shift and I told her your darn right I am! and I walked out. But it was good timing because as I was typing this post I got a call for a management position that I interviewed for day before yesterday!!

That's awesome!! Good for you for standing up for yourself!!

[Kristie]

Originally Posted by roz

Nope--not in Kansas:

Meal breaks: Federal law does not require an employer to provide Kansas employees with a meal break, and employees can be required to work ten or more hours
in a row without a meal break. Kansas law also does not provide Kansas employees
with a meal break. In addition, when a meal break is provided, the Kansas employer
does not have to pay for the meal break unless the time really constitutes work time. A
bona fide meal break should be a minimum of 20 minutes. If the time is primarily for
the benefit of the employer, the time is work time. For example, if an employee eats at
her desk and answers phones or opens the mail during the lunch break, then the time is
work time and the employee is entitled to compensation. It might be hard for the Kansas
employee to know if the meal time is compensable, and he needs to consider how
restricted the time is. Police officers are often required to monitor their radios, or a
delivery person might have to monitor the radio. This will not be considered working
unless something more has to be done. In addition, if there are so many interruptions
that the employee cannot really enjoy the meal break, then the time is work time. An
employer can require employees to stay at the work site for the meal break without the
need to pay the worker. Employees who work through their meal breaks will most
likely be entitled to overtime because they will have worked over 40 hours per
week. This will mean that the Kansas employee is entitled to back pay.

WOW! now that's ridiculous and extremely unhealthy ta boot!

but congrats on the management position....sometimes things just work out funny like that.

[Mrs.Alchemist]

Well, every single day I work, we work 12 hours without breaks/lunch. We can have to work up to 18 hours, we can also be forced to work at any time, and recalled at any time. Such is the life of public service... (I answer 911)