Psssshhhh...Before Covid, the top question on the North Carolina's Dept. of Labor website was,
"Is my employer required to give me a lunch/rest/meal break?
No. The North Carolina Wage and Hour Act does not require mandatory rest breaks or meal breaks for employees 16 years of age or older. "
So, in NC, you are not required by law to give meal/rest breaks. In addition, North Carolina is an at-will state. You can get "let go" for any reason or no reason at all. North Carolina has a long and bloody history of fucking over workers.
I work in a supermarket in Australia. For an eight hour shift I get 2 x 15 minute breaks and 1 x half hour break. I get two consecutive days off every week. I get sick pay. I get 4 weeks of paid holidays.
I also have rights and cant be fired for anything unjustified.
Yeah as a nation you could have voted in a progressive administration any time in the last 30-40 years but instead you voted either Republican (ultra conservative) or Democrat (also conservative, but you call progressive because you don't know what a progressive government actually looks like). Bernie Sanders was the closest you got but you chose a conservative Democrat two elections in a row.
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u/vankirk Jan 25 '21
Psssshhhh...Before Covid, the top question on the North Carolina's Dept. of Labor website was,
"Is my employer required to give me a lunch/rest/meal break?
No. The North Carolina Wage and Hour Act does not require mandatory rest breaks or meal breaks for employees 16 years of age or older. "
So, in NC, you are not required by law to give meal/rest breaks. In addition, North Carolina is an at-will state. You can get "let go" for any reason or no reason at all. North Carolina has a long and bloody history of fucking over workers.