Help Wanted: Long workdays, forced lunches
Photo credit: iStock | By requiring you to take lunch after a certain number of work hours, your company is complying with New York state labor laws.
Carrie Mason-Draffen
Carrie Mason-Draffen Mason-Draffen, a business reporter, writes a column about workplace issues.
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DEAR CARRIE: My husband works as a salaried manager for an international shipping company, and I was wondering what the labor laws are regarding how many hours a company can require him to work in a day or in a week. I understand he is exempt from receiving overtime pay. But it's the hours that concern me. He worked more than 20 hours in a single day during the holidays. His defense is that as a...
