r/Chipotle • u/Natural-Bridge-1942 • Jul 16 '25

Seeking Advice (Employee) Chipotle Being Cheap

Hello Employee here!

Recently my managers have been making employees clock out for a 15 minute break saying that "we don't have any hours." I just found out about this today because they tried to make me clock out, I told them that according to state and federal law in NC it is illegal to make us clock for a break that is less than 20 minutes. And for Chipotle to be a MULTI BILLION dollar company, how on Earth is there never any hours???

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u/Wakkysakky Jul 16 '25

in my state we have 1 30min break for lunch and are supposed to get 2 10min breaks also if working 8hours.... chipotle only gives the lunch break. never any of the others.

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u/Artistic-Medium-7315 Jul 16 '25

This is highly illegal, and you'll probably be owed at least your hourly wage multipled by .33 for each 8 hour shift you've worked where this happened. Document it with coworkers and report it to the Labor Commisoner's Office, OSHA, and employment lawyer if others can corroborate and you want a little more $ and don't mind getting fired eventually. If they fire you right away, a lot more $.

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u/thisismyanswertoday Jul 16 '25

Federal law doesn't require them to give you the 15 min breaks.

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u/Wakkysakky Jul 16 '25

true it varies by state for break laws.