We have contacted the union and are waiting for a response back, Are there any other depots being told this????
Can the company dictate when we are allowed to take our unpaid lunch time?
Can someone show me where it states in writing that we cannot take our lunch at the end of our shift???
Follow the law there is none in jersey something as insignificant as a unpaid lunch break management has a issue with, and only the issue is in Oakland a recently unionize shop how convenient.
Why don't you consider yourself lucky you have a job, and maybe there's no conspiracy, except the management is trying to follow the law. Be happy they want you to take a timely break, and take care of yourself.
@MY1Z8lk-1taw. The needs of the business is to get to the jobs within the time frame and completed which seems to me the techs are achieving by prolonging their lunch til the end of day. Go tell management to stop complaining and being big babies like they have been since we unionized. Also tell them to get over it, we've unionized so deal with it cause it's not going away and stop retributing against us
I think the larger issue here is why Oakland management is implementing this lunch rule now.
have they tried to dictate when techs should take lunch prior to Oakland going union?
according to the marquee, there is no official Altice lunch break policy.
did management give out a new memo pertaining to lunch breaks?
has Oakland techs been increasingly missing their appointments with subscribers?
has any Oakland tech been disciplined for taking their lunch break in the latter part of their work shift?
could this just be management's way of sticking it to Oakland?
what's next? management gonna ramp up safety roll ups in Oakland only?
If that's the case make them schedule everybody for lunch if they want to play that game you know they lazy and are not going to do it and the bs will go away
Check your local labor laws about lunch might Here's a link perused quickly seems you have no specific time when to take lunch and that's the law just recheck to make sure
https://www.laborlawcenter.com/education-center/new-jersey-lunch-and-break-law/
Sounds to me like the business might not need constantly complaining techs. So just deal with "the needs of the business" or go away!
Could be worse for you there. Work in the call center amd have them tell you when you are scheduled allowed break and Lunch!
Work the early shift, and you can be taking lunch at 9:30AM when you just started at like 6:00AM. You then ask them why so early and get a response "business needs" basically they expect heavy call volume during a normal lunch time.
How they analyze this data, nobody knows.
These laws are not in place to protect the employee, but to protect the employer. That's who makes the laws, nothing will change until new laws are made. The employee alone can't change laws, but with a body in place like a Union, there is a chance.
@MY1Z8lk-1zbx Take lunch at the end of the day so you can go home early...
How does take lunch at the end of the day = go home early ????????????
Didn't know that was allowed .....................go home early.
That's something to look into now..........................go home early.
Take lunch at the end of the day so you can go home early... stop crying about everything, man up and just do the job, or don't. Go find work some where that provides the special attention and and holding you need, good luck! It's a tough world out there, look around and see how good you have it. No where else pays as well with as little required. Get over it.
Meals and Breaks
New Jersey labor laws require employers to provide employees under the age of eighteen (18) with a thirty (30) minute break after five (5) consecutive hours of work. NJSA 34:2-21.17d(g)(4).
New Jersey does not require employers to provide breaks, including lunch breaks, for workers eighteen (18) years old or older. An employer who chooses to provide a break in excess of twenty (20) minutes does not have to pay wages for lunch periods or other breaks if the employee is free to leave the worksite, in fact takes their lunch or break, and the employee does not actually perform work. According to federal law, breaks twenty (20) minutes or shorter typically must be paid. NJ Dept. of Labor FAQs.
http://www.employmentlawhandbook.com/wage-and-hour-laws/state-wage-and-hour-laws/new-jersey/
No that's only in the fact that everyone is taking lunch at the same time as in a factory. Lunch bell rings at 12:30 to break off and at 1:00 back to work. They can not tell you when to take your lunch. In New Jersey they don't even have to give you a break for lunch.......that's why you don't have to be paid.
They don't let us do that in our shop either. Stop complaining
New Jersey Labor Laws Breaks:
All New Jersey employees—including NJ labor laws breaks--are placed under the jurisdiction of both federal and state law. When discrepancies exist in labor laws, the state will typically choose the side that is most favorable to the workforce. Federal Labor Laws—with regards to breaks—do not require employers to provide lunch periods or breaks to their respective workforce. That being said, federal laws stipulate that, if an employer chooses to offer short breaks of five to 20 minutes, then that entity must pay the workforce for this break period. For extended breaks, an employer does not need to compensate their employees. Moreover, the bulk of jobs in the United States and New Jersey are at-will employment opportunities, meaning that either the employer or the employee may terminate the working relationship at any juncture; this essentially serves as the basis for NJ labor laws breaks. As a result, employees not satisfied with a particular company’s NJ labor laws breaks, have the right to quit.
Labor Law Section 162 sets forth the required meal periods for employees in New York State
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Factory Workers are entitled to a 60-minute lunch break between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00p.m. and a 60
-minute meal break at the time midway between the beginning and end of the shift for all shifts of more than six hours starting between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and lasting more than six hours.
Non-Factory Workers are entitled to a 30-minute lunch break between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for shifts six hours or longer that extend over that period and a 45-minute meal break at the time midway between the beginning and end of the shift for all shifts of more than six hours starting between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
All Workers are entitled to an additional 20-minute meal break between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. for workdays that extend from before 11:00 a.m. to after 7:00 p.m.
Who is covered by Section 162 of the Labor Law?
All private and public sector employers and their employees who work in New York State are covered by the law.
Are ‘brown bag lunches’ permissible in New York State?
“Brown bag lunches” are where employees eat their lunch while listening to a speaker or some
sort of presentation. The topics of such lunches may be work-related or not related to work (e.g. related to health and wellness issues, personal finances, retirement). Employees must be allowed an uninterrupted meal period and must be free to leave their work area(s) and engage in other pursuits. If employees are required by their employers to attend such working or brown bag lunches (typically on topics related to work), they do not count as a meal period and must also be
counted as time worked. Employees who voluntarily choose to attend such lunches on topics,
are receiving a meal period under the law.
"While many states have labor regulations specifying the timing and duration of meal breaks that must be provided to employees, the New Jersey government has no such laws. Therefore, in unless state law specifies otherwise, meal breaks are scheduled at the discretion of the employer."
https://www.minimum-wage.org/new-jersey/required-breaks-and-meal-periods