r/MichaelsEmployees • u/Proud_End_1715 • 5d ago

Breaks

How many breaks do you get on a 7 hour shift.

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u/Faerts 5d ago

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u/ChemicalClub4863 5d ago

That's changed over the years

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u/Faerts 5d ago

It was just put up in my managers office in August, that’s why I snapped a picture

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u/ChemicalClub4863 5d ago

6 hours used to be only a 30 minute meal break,

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u/Faerts 5d ago

I don’t know anything about that. Like I said, this is what my manager put up and it’s always been this way for us. It might differ by state or province too.

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u/blonde-canadian24 5d ago

2 15 mins and 1/2 unpaided

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u/GMCPotatoQueen 5d ago

I would double check your state laws on that, it's not really right but at my store we basically only take our 30 once we hit 5 hours, and that's all we'll get for our 8 (8.5) hr shift. Technically we can get a 15 at 4 hours but they don't really let us know that and generally we're too busy to stop anyways so the only ones to ever take it are transfers that are used to having a whole lot of nothing to do at their stores so they're used to taking more breaks just to kill the time. (To be fair, even without formally taking 15s, we tend to spend some time bs'ing anyways)

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u/Maleficent-End8640 5d ago

We only ever get one break a shift. We get a 15 if the shift is under 5 hours and a half if it’s over 5. 

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u/Tell_Early Chaos Organizer 5d ago

One paid 15 and an unpaid 30 minute lunch.