Can her employer require her to work all day with no break for lunch?
” “To the surprise and dismay of many, no federal law sets requirements for mandatory work breaks, meal breaks or rest periods. “About half of the states do set minimum work, meal and rest breaks, some simple (New Hampshire requires 30 minutes of mealtime for every five hours of continual work) and some fairly complicated (Oregon specifies the point during the workday when a 30-minute mealbreak must occur). “Unfortunately for your wife, Texas has no law requiring meal or rest breaks.” “I signed a non-compete agreement before I started with my current employer. The agreement says that I cannot work for another (company) doing the same type of work within 100 miles, for 90 days (after leaving my current job). How solid are these type of documents? I have heard many people say that non-competes never hold up in court.” “Non-compete agreements (often called ‘covenants against competition’) are agreements under which the employee agrees not to work for a company which competes with his empl
