This is NOT true. SSVs are not salaried employees, so meal break violations DO apply to them. The ONLY exception is if you signed a meal break waiver, which allows you to work a total of 6 hours without a 30 minute break. This doesn’t mean you work 8 hours and take your meal after 6 hours, it means if you work a total of 6 hours in a shift you can waive your right to a 30 minute meal break to make the most of your time at work and earn a full 6 hours of pay. But I highly doubt she had you sign one of those, it doesn’t seem like something corporate would approve of. Sounds like your manager is forging your punches and getting a free 30 minutes of labor from her SSVs. I’d let corporate know immediately, this is lawsuit worthy.

I’ve been a manager for several food service companies (bakeries, cafes, & a licensed Sbux store) in CA and previously worked for Sbux as an SSV before I came back recently (consider myself a green bean now because i was gone for 10 years) and I had to learn a lot about the labor laws in CA.

TL;DR: your manager is wrong.

I highly doubt that specially in California since your labor laws are intense… but honestly don’t know I’m in Florida and this still wouldn’t fly honestly so I wanna say no that’s not true