Q:I WORK as a nurse at a hospital that has a strict policy of no
unapproved overtime, and no going on breaks unless we are relieved by
another nurse. We are forced to skip our breaks if there is no reliever
(which happens a lot because we are often understaffed). As for
overtime, we don’t even ask for approval anymore since we risk being
written up for “too much overtime.” We just clock out and go back to
work to finish our charts. I recently complained to our supervisor but
was told that if I “voluntarily” skip breaks or work off the clock, this
is not the hospital’s problem. This seems unfair. Do we have remedies?
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