Your Breaks Aren't Optional.
Neither is Your Overtime.
In the manufacturing industry, missing a rest or meal break isn’t just a “busy shift”, it can be an unpaid labor violation. If you worked through your breaks, you may be owed back wages.
The Law Protects Your Breaks
According to state law, manufacturing workers must be given specific break periods. It's not optional, it's the law. More importantly, these protections apply regardless of industry practices, internal policies, or staffing levels.
If a worker is required to remain available, stay at their post, monitor equipment, or otherwise perform job-related duties during a break, that time may be legally considered time worked. These hours often accumulate and can result in unpaid overtime.
Interrupted Meal Breaks
A meal break must be uninterrupted and free from work-related duties.
- Answering phones or work messages?
- Monitoring systems, communications, or operations?
- Unable to leave the work area?
When this happens, the break may be compensable under the law.
Missed Rest Breaks
Workers are entitled to paid rest breaks based on hours worked.
- Missing breaks due to work load?
- Too understaffed at work to take a break?
- Discouraged by supervisors?
Skipping paid rest breaks means working without pay.
Our Assessment Process
A straightforward, confidential path to understanding your rights & potential claim.
Confidential Review
Click the button to submit initial details through our secure portal. Our team performs a private assessment of your work history.
Free Pay Analysis
We analyze pay documents to identify discrepancies in overtime rates, missed meal/rest breaks, or improperly calculated bonuses.
Informing you!
If you have a claim, we explain your options. You decide how to proceed with no obligation.