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Can my boss make me work during lunch?

No. If you are scheduled to work 6 hours or more in a day, you have the right to a 30 minute break. You must be able to leave the workplace during your break, and you must be completely free of all work duties. If your employer makes you work through your lunch break, stay at your desk, answer phones or otherwise not allow you to leave, your employer has to pay you your hourly wage during your lunch break (i.e. it becomes a paid lunch break). 

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  • ?Can my employer refuse to pay me overtime?
  • ?Can my employer pay me less than minimum wage, even if I am a server, bartender or other tipped employee?
  • ?Can my employer not pay me for hours I worked?
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  • Posted on 04/18/2019Staples Settles Overtime Wage Class Action Lawsuits for $42 Million
  • Posted on 06/13/2019Some Employers Use Every Trick in the Book to Get Out of Paying Overtime
  • Posted on 11/18/2022Home Health Aides who are not paid travel time and mileage can hire an attorney to bring a wage claim and receive up to three times their unpaid travel time and mileage.
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Confidential group settlement for 15 home health aids who were not paid travel time between patient appointments
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$715,000 class action settlement to servers for unpaid tips and service fees
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$75,000 settlement to four salespeople whose employer failed to pay overtime, Sunday and holiday premium pay
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Confidential settlement for mortgage broker who was not properly paid wages (commissions) by a bank
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