No one cares about meal compliance

[Weary36]

Team Leader here. I’ve skipped every fifteen for the last 2.5 years and I sit down for lunches but always do paperwork or computer work and nobody in upper leadership gives a crap. It’s almost encouraged. “Work Life Balance” is a complete sham.

 

[OneGoodEar]

In California at least, you can take your meal anytime from after the start of your third hour up to just before your fifth.

 

[FlowTeamChick]

In California at least, you can take your meal anytime from after the start of your third hour up to just before your fifth.

Much more flexible in my state. There's one TM who helps with ad on Sundays; she takes her lunch really early and then takes her break later. I think she goes to a nearby McDonald's on her lunch to pick up food, then zaps what's left in the microwave and eats it on her break.

I typically take my lunch at about 5 1/2 because the break room is less full and quieter. For a while, the HR ETL was getting after everyone over the walkie about taking lunches well before 5 hours in, practically yelling at TMs to leave the floor immediately. Must have been a lot of non-compliance going on.

 

[Nauzhror]

So I’ve been at Target for a while, but ever since I moved into HR, it’s been my responsibility keep up with meal compliance and I realized… despite being told that we get fined “thousands” for every TM that hits compliance, no one in leadership actually seems to care at my store.

So I wanted to ask TMs and HR veterans across TBR… why do people miss their 30 minute breaks?

At my store at least, it seems to just be a total disregard of the policy with very few people actually forgetting to punch out. I’m just trying to do my job here and make sure everyone takes their 30.

Please share your stories and opinions!

Fined? Maybe in California and some other select states. Meals aren't even legally required where I work unless you're a minor. Target policy still says you have to take them, but the companies definitely not getting fined for violating policy that doesn't have any legal standing.

 

[Going with the Flow]

In my experience its always the hard workers that hit their 5th ( in Ca) The lazy ones are always on time for every break.