What to do if I work 10 hour days and am “supposed” to take a lunch break daily sign out for 20 minutes?

What to do if I work 10 hour days and am “supposed” to take a lunch break daily sign out for 20 minutes?

In 4 years of working for this company, I have never been able to do this because we are required by our company to schedule so tightly. Is this illegal? How should I go about resolving this? In addition, we are not “allowed” to work over 47 hours per week, but are given so much work that we have to work more hours to complete it. If we do not complete it, we get fired. Therefore, we have to work off the clock, although our company technically forbids it.

Asked on November 18, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois

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