non paid lunch

[irish123]

How many of you dont get paid for your lunch hour? Just started a new job in a group home and was wondering if this was the norm. Instead of getting paid for 40 hrs I only get paid for 35----Thanks in advance

[tencat]

Pretty standard where I've worked. If I were you I'd make dang sure I took those five hours of breaks and not work during them.....

[Thornbird]

Have almost never been paid for lunch. A lot of places run the shift 81/2 hrs so that you get 1/2 hr lunch and still get 40 hrs.

[Duckyaryj]

Never been paid for a lunch in my life except for when we have mtgs or have do do work during lunch. unpaid lunch is quite the norm

[suzanne4, RN]

Have never worked one place where there was a paid lunch. There are paid breaks of 15 minutes that are required for every four hours of work, but lunch has never been a paid item.

[Midwest4me]

Never a paid lunch except for staff meeting lunches years ago.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

We work 8.5 and 12.5 days and get paid for only 8 and 12. If we don't get a lunch break, we can fill out a form so we will get paid.

[K98]

What is this "lunch" you speak of?

[Midwest4me]

What is this "lunch" you speak of?

Quite simply, that is a period of time---oh usually 5-15 minutes(when it's supposed to be 30) when you attempt to place something edible into your mouth, while seated(preferrably) while multiple interruptions occur!

[morte, LPN, LVN]

i have worked ONE place that paid for meal break, but only on the night shift......mores to the point what were you hired for, and are you working that hour to care for the clients while they eat? and do you get to eat inst provided food?

[BrnEyedGirl, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN]

I've never been paid for lunch,.as others have said if I don't get time for lunch I fill out the required paper work so I am paid for it.

[EJSRN, BSN, RN]

I've never been paid for lunch,.as others have said if I don't get time for lunch I fill out the required paper work so I am paid for it.

At my job we swipe missed meal on the time lock and we get paid for the time because a 1/2 hour is automatically taken out daily