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minus-squaremorphballganon@mtgzone.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 days agoSkipping those things is illegal. The company could get fined. Maybe if they knew that, they wouldn’t skip them.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoMight be different in other countries but I think at least in the EU and likely the UK you are correct so long as it isn’t freelance work.
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoIt’s VERY true here in the USA iv had to sue every employer iv had since iv started working over this sort of shit. It’s so unbelievably common for employers here to try to scam you out of break or lunch. Hell my current job is currently fucking not giving me a lunch and having to pay me a penalty for it daily.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoAt least in my area, it’s illegal for companies to not accommodate breaks, but if someone wants to work on their break, that’s on them. Some of the more dangerous jobs have more strict rules, but your typical office job certainly doesn’t.
Skipping those things is illegal. The company could get fined. Maybe if they knew that, they wouldn’t skip them.
Might be different in other countries but I think at least in the EU and likely the UK you are correct so long as it isn’t freelance work.
It’s VERY true here in the USA iv had to sue every employer iv had since iv started working over this sort of shit.
It’s so unbelievably common for employers here to try to scam you out of break or lunch.
Hell my current job is currently fucking not giving me a lunch and having to pay me a penalty for it daily.
At least in my area, it’s illegal for companies to not accommodate breaks, but if someone wants to work on their break, that’s on them. Some of the more dangerous jobs have more strict rules, but your typical office job certainly doesn’t.