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Federal law in the US requires a half hour unpaid lunch break for full time employees. Why does this translate sometimes into a forced hour long unpaid lunch break? I eat in about 10 minutes and I'd like to spend more time with my family. Do employers just plan for chatty lazy assholes to need an hour for lunch, and make the rest of us pay for it?

Federal law in the US requires a half hour unpaid lunch break for full time employees. Why does this translate sometimes into a forced hour long unpaid lunch break? I eat in about 10 minutes and I'd like to spend more time with my family. Do employers just plan for chatty lazy assholes to need an hour for lunch, and make the rest of us pay for it?

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I got sick of other peoples schedules interfering with my time. Started working for myself on my schedule.

I don't eat lunch. We take a break around 9ish and then noonish so my help can get food. Neither is timed. We show up at 7 leave by 330 latest. We have lives besides work. Who said we have to work 40 hours a week to make a living?

My point is. If you don't like the situation you are in, find a new situation.