If I work for a convenience store in 8 hour shifts with no meal break, is this legal?
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If I work for a convenience store in 8 hour shifts with no meal break, is this legal?
In VT.
Asked on April 16, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Vermont
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Under VT law, an employer is required to provide "reasonable opportunities" to eat and use toilet facilities. However, neither state nor Federal law specifies a minimum break period or the identify of just what a "reasonable opportunity" is. Rest periods and lunch breaks are provided at the discretion of the employer (i.e company policy) or under the terms and conditions of a union agreement or employment contract. Other than for child labor, there is also no restriction on the number of hours and days an employee may be required to work without a rest period. The employer may select the time/hour of the break(s.) Federal law does state that if an employer provides a lunch break, it must pay the employee unless the break is at least 30 minutes long; if the lunch break is 30 minutes or longer than an employe does not have to be paid for that time.
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