GNYADA July 2015 Newsletter

New York Requires Lunch Breaks 19

meal breaks, to ensure compliance with New York Labor Law.

wich. If you allow this at your dealer- ship, you may end up paying over- time wages for hours worked during lunch! Are time records for meal breaks required? Yes. Dealers should track all hours worked by their employees, including meal periods. Employees should be instructed to clock out and in, to and from lunch, to properly record actual hours worked. Dealership managers should discipline employees who fail to follow these rules. GNYADA suggests dealership man- agers instruct all employees to step away from their work stations for

New York Labor Law states that all employers, including automobile dealers, must provide employees who work six or more hours per day with an uninterrupted meal period of at least 30 minutes between the hours of 11am and 2pm. Employees who work longer shifts that begin before 11am and continue past 7pm are entitled to an additional meal period of at least 20 minutes between 5 and 7pm. Is it ok for employees to eat lunch at their desks? No. Managers sometimes permit staff to take lunch at their desks so that they can answer the phone, catch up on paperwork, take an “up” or com- plete a buyer’s order over a sand-

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The Newsletter • July 2015

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