My Lunch Exists On Payroll But Not In Real Life: Employer Keeps Adding A 30-minute Break I Never Actually Take
Location: Ohio. I am an hourly, non-exempt employee at a small medical supply warehouse. I usually work as the only dispatcher from 1 pm to 8 pm, which means I must answer incoming calls and open the loading gate for deliveries.
Payroll automatically deducts a 30-minute meal break. My supervisor told me to eat at my desk and handle anything that comes up because nobody is available to cover me. In four months, I have never had thirty uninterrupted minutes without calls or deliveries.
I asked my mananger to remove the deductions. My next paycheck was unchanged, but my timecard now contains manually added entries saying “meal taken 4:00-4:30.” I did not enter those. On one of those days, the call log shows seven calls and two deliveries during that exact period.
The company has no HR department and the owner handles payroll. Can they treat this as an unpaid meal break if I remain responsible for answering calls? Is a Department of Labor wage complaint the appropriate next step, and what records am I legally allowed to preserve?
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