If your boss keeps watching and interrupting you during your lunch time is that legal?

[Anonymous]

[DishLady]

It depends on the specific case. For example, my boss DOES often need to sit and confer with me during lunch because that’s the only common time we are both free and at the office… however in our case, I’ve been working there so long the boss and team are more like family and we’re just trying to get a jump on things that require a quick consult.


However, if your a union worker and the boss is taking up your lunch hour with unwelcome chatter during a much needed mental and physical break then yes that’s considered reportable — unless you’re comped with early dismissal or overtime. (The rules also vary a little from state to state, but generally speaking this is pretty standard.)

[Agape93]

Yeah, and depending on what he's doing, he may have to compensate you.

[Asker]

What you mean compensate

[BarryLiverstone]

She means he may have to pay you overtime if you’re not salaried

[Agape93]

That and if you are made to work on an unpaid break, you now have to be paid for every minute you work.

[BarryLiverstone]

Yes it is. If you want to keep the boss away then leave the office

[Asker]

I do he follows me outside

[BarryLiverstone]

Then go away to a restaurant or take a drive to a park. If you are on company property and he needs a task performed he will follow you