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Work clocks us out for breaks even if we don’t take one?

Hi y’all! I recently started a new serving job at a restaurant in Alberta, Canada. I was informed by a fellow staff member that management docs 15-30 minutes off each shift you work as “break time” regardless if we take a break or not. Sometimes I will work 5-8 hours and not have a chance to take a break. Most servers “eat on the fly,” meaning you order your personal meal and snack on it when you have a spare minute but don’t actually clock out and sit for a full 15-30 minutes. This establishment also requires that we show up 15 minutes before our shift for an unpaid “pre-shift” and we must clock out before we do our cash out. Is any of this legal? I’ve worked restaurant jobs before and have never been faced with these kinds of “rules.”


Hi y’all! I recently started a new serving job at a restaurant in Alberta, Canada. I was informed by a fellow staff member that management docs 15-30 minutes off each shift you work as “break time” regardless if we take a break or not. Sometimes I will work 5-8 hours and not have a chance to take a break. Most servers “eat on the fly,” meaning you order your personal meal and snack on it when you have a spare minute but don’t actually clock out and sit for a full 15-30 minutes. This establishment also requires that we show up 15 minutes before our shift for an unpaid “pre-shift” and we must clock out before we do our cash out. Is any of this legal? I’ve worked restaurant jobs before and have never been faced with these kinds of “rules.”

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