Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

abuse of employee rights

I work in a call center environment. I wanted to know if it is legal for this company to:

A) Not allow their employees to talk to one another

B) Have the employees take 15min breaks and 1/2 hr for working 8hr shifts 5 days a week

C) Forbid employees to eat or snack at their desks (while supv & mgmt do this very thing)

D) Tell you to hurry up if you have to go to the bathroom

plus host of other things. I have worked all my life and have never seen or heard anything like this company and the way they treat employees


Asked on 7/24/03, 6:20 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Stephen Loeb Law Office of Stephen R. Loeb

Re: abuse of employee rights

Yes it is legal but it doesn't sound like good policy if they want to keep employees. I bet this company has very high turnover.

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Answered on 7/25/03, 7:59 am


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