I am going to bypass Scary this morning and talk about something more practical - the myth that an employee is entitled to a fifteen minute break every four hours.   As a labor and employment lawyer, I hear this myth repeated.   But, for most workers, there is no federal right to a 15 minute break every four hours.

There is no federal labor or employment law that mandates breaks (there are a couple of transportation laws that require breaks for railroad and truckin... Read More

Helloo for those who don't know, after mothers funeral I was invited to stay for a while in northern Scotland by my father and stepmother. After a darn near 24 hour drive we arrived at his rented cottage about 17 miles west of John O Groats - which until recently was believed to be the most northerly point on the British mainland, this all changed when GPS technology showed Dunnet Head to be further north by a couple of metres. Anyway, I digress. The principal reasons I came north was that I cou... Read More