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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Is this legal? You may also like: my new boss says everything is “fun” -- even data entry and illness banana thefts, peppers for potlucks, and other weird office food stories my coworker knowingly exposed me to COVID-19. They could dock her one hour if she normally works a 40-hour week, but not a full day.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

For example, we recently attended a show in Tennessee and our food allowance was $30 per day. For this Atlanta trip, the food expense will be $50 per day. It’s going to be $400 in food expenses for the week for just one of us. I have one problem with that. What’s my best bet here?

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JULY 13, 2016

Can I voluntarily give up my legally required lunch break? I of course get why they have to give me the break—no employer can deprive their workers of food—but I honestly don’t want it. The work is mostly data entry, nothing so complicated as to necessitate giving my mind a break.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The department that left it was Legal! One of my coworkers (the office front desk manager, so she’d been involved with the whole party, like ordering food, etc) had been drinking way too much at this point, and was already pretty drunk. Data entry, people cages, nipple clamps, hand-embroidered baby quilts. I work in HR.

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