For the last 10 yrs my employer has deducted 30 minutes from my pay every day that I have worked for "lunch". I work in a small hospital, so at any given night it is just myself and the nursery nurse working, who can't leave the nursery.
I can NEVER leave my floor for lunch..EVER. And forget any breaks! The supervisor doesn't know L&D, so he/she can't relieve me, but they deduct my pay anyway. I am either tending to patients or answering the phone, or doing something.
My problem is...if I don't get an uninterrupted lunch time (if I get any) they shouldn't deduct that 30 minutes. Over the course of 10 yrs. this adds up to a substantial amount of money!!
Their answer is..."you make up for it in the slow times". This makes me so angry! I'm thinking there must be a law against this practice. Anyone with the same problem?
