Employer taking hours off my timecard
At my work we don't punch out for lunch, we just take it when we can and at the end of each pay period they deduct 2.5 hours of overtime from our time cards. Obviously, I'm not getting any of that overtime paid to me. At the end of every day my hours will read as 8.5, but when I get my paystub back it only shows that I worked 80 hours. I honestly wouldn't have an issue with this if I was actually getting to take my lunch, but the problem is I'm not. I have too many things to do and I've been told outright that I don't have time to take a lunch - not by my manager, who does tell me to take a lunch if she's around, but by a senior coworker who was supervising my training.
As far I know, in my state employers are not required to give employees lunches. We are SUPPOSED to take them, since we're scheduled for 8.5 hours and only getting paid for 8 of those. I don't think editing my punch card is legal but I don't know for sure what my grounds are if I were to approach them about this. I don't want to lose my job.