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Can you leave 15 minutes early instead?



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No. Breaks are required by law and are not an optional part of your shift.

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Another thing. Don't be one of these twits who takes 45 minutes, then when confronted about it, says "Oh, well I missed three breaks last week" or what ever. I've had employees get MAD when I bust em out for that, like they're civil rights have been violated.

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Rarely does that happen. It's happened to me once and it was because they got so far behind that they let me skip my lunch and leave a 1/2 hour early. I only had an hour left of my shift.

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one time it was so effing busy and we had a lot of call outs that i didn't get my last break. so i stayed an extra 15 mins in the break room. your breaks and lunches are required and you get paid for your breaks so might as well take them.



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DanielleNicole94 wrote:

Rarely does that happen. It's happened to me once and it was because they got so far behind that they let me skip my lunch and leave a 1/2 hour early. I only had an hour left of my shift.


So did you get paid for the 1/2 hour "break"?  Just curious if you clocked out 30 minutes early, did you get paid? 



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Breaks, what are those? Haha.

 

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I dont have time for breaks or lunch. Havent took either for over a year and leave a half hour earlier than scheduled. No problems at all ever.  Im sure they are happy to get an extra 30 mins of work out of me for 2 breaks I should take.



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Can you leave 15 minutes early instead?


 

Nope, the best you can do is leave 7 minutes early.  This is assuming all Kroger stores round off their timeclocks to the nearest 15 minutes.  Punch out for break 15 minutes before your shift is over.  Punch back in 7 minutes later.  Wait 1 minute and then punch out for the day.  You're not cheating anybody because those last 7 minutes were part of your break.

 



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DanielleNicole94 wrote:

Rarely does that happen. It's happened to me once and it was because they got so far behind that they let me skip my lunch and leave a 1/2 hour early. I only had an hour left of my shift.


So did you get paid for the 1/2 hour "break"?  Just curious if you clocked out 30 minutes early, did you get paid? 


Lunches are not paid in most contracts.  So, she lost nothing.

I have a choice to take a lunch or skip it and leave 30 minutes extra.  Most store managers frown about skipping lunches.  It is up to the store managers discretion. 



-- Edited by Anonymouse1 on Saturday 18th of April 2015 04:00:42 PM

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I've only missed one lunch break and left a half hour early. You don't get paid for your lunches, so...

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Is taking a lunch common? In our deli almost no one takes a lunch. There was one girl years ago who used to take lunches and the other employees were annoyed about it. They also told us we have to give advanced notice if we want to take a lunches so they can write them into the schedule. I always thought if you wanted a lunch you just took one? I've only ever taken one once, I had to go do something at home that would have taken longer than a break. 



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That you don't take your last break.



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Is taking a lunch common? In our deli almost no one takes a lunch. There was one girl years ago who used to take lunches and the other employees were annoyed about it. They also told us we have to give advanced notice if we want to take a lunches so they can write them into the schedule. I always thought if you wanted a lunch you just took one? I've only ever taken one once, I had to go do something at home that would have taken longer than a break. 


 From my understanding, if you work between 6 and 7.5 hours, you get a lunch and a break, and it's optional.  If you work over 7.5 hours, you get 2 breaks and a lunch, and the lunch is mandatory.  If for whatever reason you work over 7.5 hours, and you can't take your lunch, then you have to leave a half hour early because apparently you can get in a lot of trouble for that.  

 

That may just be my store, but it's what I was told by my co-workers.  I just tell them I'm going to lunch if I'm owed one.  I take that time to stuff my face because otherwise I'd be an even more unpleasant person to work with.



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No. Breaks are required by law and are not an optional part of your shift.


 Don't make statements like these like they're universal when they're most definitely not.

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DanielleNicole94 wrote:

Rarely does that happen. It's happened to me once and it was because they got so far behind that they let me skip my lunch and leave a 1/2 hour early. I only had an hour left of my shift.


So did you get paid for the 1/2 hour "break"? Just curious if you clocked out 30 minutes early, did you get paid?


Most store managers frown about skipping lunches. It is up to the store managers discretion.


-- Edited by Anonymouse1 on Saturday 18th of April 2015 04:00:42 PM


This may not be their choice. Some states specify lunch periods for the workers. Mine does (doesn't stop workers from skipping them anyways)



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Our state has no law about breaks or lunches so employers can do whatever they want.  Our contract specifies one paid 30 minute break at 7 hours worked.  Anything less than 7 hours we get a paid 15 minute break.



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thestruggleisreal wrote:
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Is taking a lunch common? In our deli almost no one takes a lunch. There was one girl years ago who used to take lunches and the other employees were annoyed about it. They also told us we have to give advanced notice if we want to take a lunches so they can write them into the schedule. I always thought if you wanted a lunch you just took one? I've only ever taken one once, I had to go do something at home that would have taken longer than a break. 


 From my understanding, if you work between 6 and 7.5 hours, you get a lunch and a break, and it's optional.  If you work over 7.5 hours, you get 2 breaks and a lunch, and the lunch is mandatory.  If for whatever reason you work over 7.5 hours, and you can't take your lunch, then you have to leave a half hour early because apparently you can get in a lot of trouble for that.  

 

That may just be my store, but it's what I was told by my co-workers.  I just tell them I'm going to lunch if I'm owed one.  I take that time to stuff my face because otherwise I'd be an even more unpleasant person to work with.


 Interesting. We work 8 hours and no one gets in trouble for not taking a lunch. If you want to take a lunch, you have to stay half hour past when you were scheduled so no one does it.



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Is taking a lunch common? In our deli almost no one takes a lunch. There was one girl years ago who used to take lunches and the other employees were annoyed about it. They also told us we have to give advanced notice if we want to take a lunches so they can write them into the schedule. I always thought if you wanted a lunch you just took one? I've only ever taken one once, I had to go do something at home that would have taken longer than a break. 


 From my understanding, if you work between 6 and 7.5 hours, you get a lunch and a break, and it's optional.  If you work over 7.5 hours, you get 2 breaks and a lunch, and the lunch is mandatory.  If for whatever reason you work over 7.5 hours, and you can't take your lunch, then you have to leave a half hour early because apparently you can get in a lot of trouble for that.  

 

That may just be my store, but it's what I was told by my co-workers.  I just tell them I'm going to lunch if I'm owed one.  I take that time to stuff my face because otherwise I'd be an even more unpleasant person to work with.


 Interesting. We work 8 hours and no one gets in trouble for not taking a lunch. If you want to take a lunch, you have to stay half hour past when you were scheduled so no one does it.


 Hmm, see we get scheduled 8.5 hr shifts, so these ppl just leave early.



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Most of the government laws about breaks only apply to minors. Union rules make it apply to adults too though, like getting 2 breaks and a lunch in full shift. I can't help but laugh at a manager when they say someone is breaking the law when they are an adult who is opting to skip lunch.



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Lord_Uboat wrote:

Most of the government laws about breaks only apply to minors. Union rules make it apply to adults too though, like getting 2 breaks and a lunch in full shift. I can't help but laugh at a manager when they say someone is breaking the law when they are an adult who is opting to skip lunch.


 We get written up if we don't take a lunch within a 5 hour or more shift. I find it BS and refused to sign. I was 12 minutes over. Of all things, I was getting written up for working. WTF?!



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No one in my store ever takes a lunch break that I know of. We're scheduled 8 hour shifts, not 8.5 hr shifts.

Most of the time I don't even take my 2nd break anymore. If I work a small shift (like 10-2) i don't even take one at all....

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Lord_Uboat wrote:

Most of the government laws about breaks only apply to minors. Union rules make it apply to adults too though, like getting 2 breaks and a lunch in full shift. I can't help but laugh at a manager when they say someone is breaking the law when they are an adult who is opting to skip lunch.


 Except, here in TN, it's law even for adults.



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