Boss writes up employee for not working through lunch break despite automatically clocking them out every time: 'Going back 8 months, they've stolen roughly 60 hours of my time, almost $900'

A retail worker at a clothing store organizes clothes.

When a boss tried to reprimand their employee for not working through lunch, the boss's months-long scam was unveiled. 

Nobody likes to be told what to do. We don't appreciate being condescended to, since we're all adults. But that doesn't stop some bosses from dramatically overstepping and making their employees feel like children. You know what they say, power corrupts. This applies to even the smallest of scales. It may not seem like life-or-death to take a lunch break in a retail scenario… because it's not. Sure, that work can be stressful and important, but it should never stop anyone from exercising their basic right to take care of their needs. 

Some employers expect far too much from their employees, though, and expect them to fork over their personal time for the sake of the business. Some level of flexibility is necessary at most jobs, but that's with the assumption that the employee gets something out of it, too. Namely, money. We have overtime pay for this exact reason. But in this story, an employee was being asked to go above and beyond for no benefit of their own. 

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