While the U.S. Department of Labor is the federal agency in charge of prosecuting labor violations, there are few occasions where fellow government bodies are being sued for not complying with time and attendance regulations.

However, the Statesman Journal recently reported the Oregon Department of Revenue has routinely violated meal break and rest period laws established by the public sector union Service Employees International Local 503. As early as 2011, the union had worked out an agreement with the state to compensate workers, whose job duties include travel out of state, for regularly scheduled meal breaks.

Under normal circumstances, state employees work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a 30-minute unpaid period for lunch. However, the employees who are in transit during their meal break are supposed to be remunerated for that half hour break period. Moreover, one state auditor was paid 1.25 times the regular rate of pay for overtime work, instead of the one and a half times standard wages. As a result, the Employment Relations Board ruled the employee is owed back pay to compensate for the lost financial assets.

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