Meal and break laws an issue in U.S., Macau
A total of 773 employees at The Venetian Macau Resort Hotel recently complained to the Macau Labor Affairs Bureau regarding meal breaks and overtime pay, according to the Macau Daily Times.
The workers claimed that a recent company policy allowing them to a 30-minute daily paid meal break entitles them to compensation for all unpaid mealtime since a guideline excluding mealtime from the 48-hour working week was introduced in August of 2007. The bureau is presently analyzing employment contracts in order to ascertain the precise nature of the time and attendance agreement.
"It's not a matter of pay cuts, but whether the ... mealtime should be paid as overtime," said Labor Affairs Bureau Director Shuen Ka Hung, as quoted by the news source.
In Macau, the law stipulates that regular working time is eight hours a day, six days a week, and any additional work must be compensated with overtime.
In the U.S., a former employee of pharmaceutical company Omnicare recently launched a putative class action in California state court, accusing the company of violating the state's wage laws by denying its employees meal and rest breaks, according to Law 360.
The workers claimed that a recent company policy allowing them to a 30-minute daily paid meal break entitles them to compensation for all unpaid mealtime since a guideline excluding mealtime from the 48-hour working week was introduced in August of 2007. The bureau is presently analyzing employment contracts in order to ascertain the precise nature of the time and attendance agreement.
"It's not a matter of pay cuts, but whether the ... mealtime should be paid as overtime," said Labor Affairs Bureau Director Shuen Ka Hung, as quoted by the news source.
In Macau, the law stipulates that regular working time is eight hours a day, six days a week, and any additional work must be compensated with overtime.
In the U.S., a former employee of pharmaceutical company Omnicare recently launched a putative class action in California state court, accusing the company of violating the state's wage laws by denying its employees meal and rest breaks, according to Law 360.
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