This may not be the right thread and I apologize if so.
We are required to take a mandatory 30 minute unpaid break at work if we are scheduled to work more than 6 hours. The way things are scheduled, it’s not really possible to take a break as there isn’t always ample coverage. We are tipped employees, and the majority of us clock out for break and work through it and use another employee’s login during the break to continue working.
Usually it isn’t a problem but I had an issue with a manager yesterday that really left me feeling funny. I had worked through my break but forgotten to clock back on in the appropriate time frame (I was working through my break). I asked my manager to fix my time card, because I want paid for every possible second I am working. The only possible time for me to do this was as soon as I got to work, as there was another employee there for me to use their login. My manager scolded me for working through my break, but I wasn’t about to miss out on the money. Her suggestion to me was that I come in half an hour before my shift to take my break. Make that make sense?