Meal Break Deduction Violations

Illinois Labor Law Attorney ▪ Meal and Break Time Violations

The Billhorn Law Firm

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Phone: 312-445-9137

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After you receive your back compensation, the employer is required to pay our fees.

Illinois wage and hour laws make it clear that hourly wage employees are entitled to one uninterrupted, thirty-minute meal break per six-hour shift. Any break less than 20 minutes must be compensated and not deducted from the time you are paid for. Another important requirement is that the unpaid breaks must be predominantly uninterrupted and to the enjoyment of the employee. Most employers consistently interrupt employee meal break time with requests for small tasks while others because of pressing business cause the employee to eat on their feet and on the run. Others will have a payroll system programmed to "auto-deduct" a half hour or an hour meal break without any consideration of whether the break was a bona-fide meal break.

Attorney John Billhorn has 23 years of experience helping workers collect back pay for mealtime and break time violations. While the company is only stealing a half hour of your time, over years of service to the company the back pay can add up to be substantial in these trying economic times. With the guidance Client Services Manager, Jodi Hoare, our firm has gained recognition throughout the Chicago area for providing exceptional client service, while staying focused on what is important to you - recovering the compensation to which you are entitled.

Contact the labor law attorney at the Billhorn Law Firm to schedule a no-cost consultation with us about your meal break grievance today. We'll help you get the back pay you have earned.

Meal and Break Labor Laws:

· Mandatory work break violations

· Pre and post-shift work violations

· Restroom break violations

· Salaried worker break and meal violations

· Lunch break interruptions

· Other FLSA wage and hour law violations

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Contact the labor law attorney at the Billhorn Law Firm to schedule a no-cost consultation with us about your meal break grievance today. We will help you get the back pay you have earned.