Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia

I understand you want to be paid for work done, but many employers (for reasons that are usually obvious), do not want employees working while they are eating. The employer probably should make the rule clear if that is why they are deducting the time. If you push the issue, they probably will do just that. You should have discussed this with the employer, but you fail to tell us what was said. The employer's interest is that it is hard to eat lunch and give total attention to the work. The ultimate solution going forward is probably going to be that you clock out during your lunch and breaks, and clock in when you are finished and ready to work.