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Can we offer pizza instead of pay when employees must work through lunch?

by 07/19/2011

Q. Occasionally, when we receive a big order, our nonexempt employees are required to work through their lunch break. Although we do not pay them overtime for this work, we buy pizzas and sodas for all the affected workers. Is this lawful?

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