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[–] 53 points 6 months ago (6 children)

I suppose this shit is from u$ or another such savage country. In Europe the company would pay a huge penalty for putting pressure to limit the break time.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    That's illegal in the US too.

    The OP has a pretty solid case, the manager laid it out in writing. This should immediately get forwarded to HR, upper management. Depending on their response, everything goes to the Department of Labour.

    The hard part is proving retaliation, (also illegal). Calling out these types of "team player" people leads to indirect stuff like poor performance reviews, smaller raises, denied PTO, and getting passed up for promotion because you didn't play on their team.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Labor lawyers love these cases since you have the illegal act in writing. At that point, even with the made up performance reviews it's super easy to prove a subsequent firing was retaliatory.

    If they're smart enough to only break the law face to face, be sure to send an email summary to them and HR and bcc a copy for yourself. If that's not possible, then keep detailed notes with timestamps.

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