This is correct, lots of places that were 9 to 5 would give people a lunch half hour or a lunch hour that would technically be on the clock. When lunch hours became mandatory employers went well fuck that and made it so you didn’t get paid for your lunch.
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TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 1 week ago
From what I’ve heard 9-5 was a thing before employees were given a mandatory 1 hour lunch break which was counted as non-work time. So basically the work schedule was shifted to account for break time no longer being counted as part of the work day.
Of course I’ve never looked into it, so there’s a good chance it’s not that :p
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Lunch breaks, in the US, aren’t mandatory. Your state may require it but the US labor laws do not.
Found this out when Subway was making my 16 year old niece work 10 hour shifts with no lunch break.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 1 week ago
Somehow this does not surprise me. Seems in line with everything else in the US
grue@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You mean, before employers stole our paid lunch breaks and gaslit everyone into forgetting about them.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 1 week ago
Yeah that :3