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I’ve been told I do not get a lunch break for my next 5 consecutive scheduled shifts.

I'm not really trying to starve. I've been scheduled to work five days for the next three weeks starting mid-afternoon to late evening. Today was my first day so I took my “break” as soon as a co-worker asked a floor lead. Assuming I was allotted the thirty minutes that was posted as a lunch break on the schedule, I chilled and drank coffee in the (decerped) break room. The floor lead that permitted us to get off the floor and go to “break” came hunting me down twenty minutes later, heavily confused as to why I wasn't back after fifteen minutes had gone by. I explained that I had a posted thirty minute lunch break for today as well as the next 4 days on the schedule. Even showed the gal my schedule in writing that includes the lunch on the company app. Bitch basically said nah, you only…


I'm not really trying to starve.

I've been scheduled to work five days for the next three weeks starting mid-afternoon to late evening. Today was my first day so I took my “break” as soon as a co-worker asked a floor lead. Assuming I was allotted the thirty minutes that was posted as a lunch break on the schedule, I chilled and drank coffee in the (decerped) break room. The floor lead that permitted us to get off the floor and go to “break” came hunting me down twenty minutes later, heavily confused as to why I wasn't back after fifteen minutes had gone by. I explained that I had a posted thirty minute lunch break for today as well as the next 4 days on the schedule. Even showed the gal my schedule in writing that includes the lunch on the company app. Bitch basically said nah, you only get a lunch break if you work over six hours.

I live in Florida where the labor laws fucking blow, but in regard to federal labor laws, is this even legal?

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