Legally required breaks are the low hanging fruit of labor disputes. A lot of small businesses really fuck it up by: misclassification of exempt employees, 1099

Legally required breaks are the low hanging fruit of labor disputes. A lot of small businesses really fuck it up by: misclassification of exempt employees, 1099 vs W-2 employees, overtime, inadequate safety equipment, inadequate safety training. Granted, some of these are because the SMB owner was simply uninformed, like OSHA violations. Overtime is quite malicious though ie. you work 60 hours this week, and 20 hours next week, manager moves that 20 hours OT onto next week, thus denying you overtime.