Unpaid Break Time Compensation

Summary

Massachusetts law requires a 30-minute meal break for every six hours worked. If your employer deducts this time without you taking the break, they may owe you back pay. Consult an employment attorney or file a wage complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney Generals Office.

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My employer in Massachusetts automatically deducts * minutes from my pay every single day for mandatory lunch break when I've never taken a * minute break the entire time I've been employed here. Is this legal?
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In Massachusetts, employers are required to provide a *-minute meal break for every six hours worked. However, if you are not being given this break and it's being deducted from your pay, it could be a violation.
- MA law: M.G.L. Chapter *, Section *.
So if I haven't taken a * minute break for the 3 years I've worked here and they deducted * minutes every single day does that mean that they owe me all that time they deducted?
Yes, if your employer has been deducting time for breaks you haven't taken, they could owe you for that time. You may want to consult with an employment attorney or file a wage complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.