Automatic Meal Break Deductions: Nurses are Frequent Victims of Wage Theft

I have recently filed a number of claims on behalf of employees at major hospitals. It is an industry practice for hospitals to automatically deduct employees' meal breaks from their pay, regardless of whether they are actually able to take it. Generally, an employer cannot deduct a 30 minute meal break unless the employee actually gets to take an UNINTERRUPTED break. This is an especially significant problem for nurses. The pure nature of their job frequently makes it impossible to take an uninterrupted meal break. It is the employer's obligation to make sure their employees are able to take meal breaks in these circumstances. Health care providers are true heros in our society. It is crucial to make sure they are fairly paid for all of the time they give to their profession.