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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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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

It depends on where you work. There is a difference between having a sandwich on your desk in 10 minutes, and having a full meal at the canteen that requires 30 / 60 minutes. Anyway, you need at least 10 / 15 minutes of rest after meal in order to not have digestive problems.