Just how important is record keeping when it comes to 30-minute unpaid lunch breaks? Does the actual time of day need to be written down, or is it enough to automatically deduct the time at the end of the shift? Doug Hass of Franczek Radelet breaks down the question in a recent blog post.
He says the easiest, most transparent way of keeping time is to have employees clock out for their lunch and then back in again. However, for those employers who really don’t want to do this, he says the U.S. Department of Labor does allow automatic deductions under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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