One thing that many people including myself look forward to each day is lunch. Working in radio in the Berkshires, particularly a morning shift, I don’t usually take a lunch break as I just wait to go to my home in Pittsfield and eat there. That routine works for me. However, even though it’s not technically lunch, I do take a break during the morning hours to grab a snack and refresh.
Most, if not all people know that you are entitled to a lunch break while at work. As a matter of fact, it’s Massachusetts law that workers have a right to at least a 30-minute meal break for each six hours worked in a calendar day. This is according to mass.gov. During this meal break workers are supposed to surrender all job duties and they can even leave the job site to take their lunch. It’s basically free time for the employee. In some companies, the meal break is unpaid.
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