most of us work through lunch without being paid for that time. Class-action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of nurses not getting paid for a lunch break we never take, but the practice, at least from what I hear, is common. Even when there’s an official way for nurses to note that we didn’t get a lunch break and should be paid for the time, the hospital may subtly dissuade nurses from putting in a claim for every non-lunch. I worked a year at my first job before I even learned I should be paid for that time. Labor laws say that lunch is thirty minutes of uninterrupted time, but on my floor
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