What to do if I am being forced to take long lunches while out of town?
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What to do if I am being forced to take long lunches while out of town?
I work for an inventory service. We travel out of town a lot to do stores in other cities. In some stores we start in the back room while the store is open but have to wait until the store closes to start the main floor. If the back room is finished our employer makes us clock out for lunch and we have to remain clocked out until it is time to start the main floor. The problem is sometimes this can be 2 hours.mSince we are out of town in a company van its not like we can go home to wait. We are stuck there and just have to wait. Can they do this?
Asked on July 27, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, California
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
From what you have written, your employer can have you take the long lunch hours that you dislike for the simple reason it appears that you are subject to the conditions of the company that your company is working for.
If you have two (2) hours to wait through doing nothing, I suggest that you do work on your lap top, read a book or do something worthwhile while you are waiting to start up working doing the inventory job that you have.
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