I'm working at a local liquor store and the employer who seems to skirt quite a few laws does not allow breaks or lunch for employee. The direct, actually laid out in the handbook, is your breaks and lunch are the slow times during your day.
Example. You have to remain at the register to eat your food but they dont want you leaving your post. This also includes no designated breaks.
Isn't this akin to stealing workers time? I know there are some exceptions but this just seems like the company taking advantage and stealing time because no one has stood up to management.
Are breaks law? And if you are forced to work through them are you then entitled to be paid for that time?