Hello! First of all I just want to preface this by saying I've never posted in this subreddit before, so please let me know if this is the wrong place to ask/talk about this. Also I hope you're all having a fantastic day :)

TLDR: my store does not give us breaks ever, and its become incredibly unhealthy (and probably illegal)


Anyways, I'm a recently 18 year old female who works a at licensed Sbux store (one inside of a grocery store) and I recently put in my two weeks. I have wanted to bring this problem up for a while now, but knowing I have my notice in and I can't face any repercussions for brining this to light has given me the push to do it.

I've worked at this store for over a year now and I noticed one thing from the start- we do NOT get breaks. I mean ever. From the first week I started there, I never got a break for even five minutes. I'm an opener on the weekends, meaning I get there at 5am and work until 2pm, and not once in the year I've been there have I been allowed a five minute break to eat lunch, sit down, use the restroom, anything. We are told to use the restroom at the beginning of our shift before we clock in, and sometimes we can use it during our shift for \*maybe\* two minutes if we have a break in customers. Its gotten to the point that those of us at the store who menstruate have learned we cannot use tampons while at work, because we aren't allowed adequate time to go to the restroom and change them. Its become so unhealthy (among other things there) that I put my notice in.

Note: Since this is a licensed sbux, I know different rules apply (the store rules are supposed to apply) and the store rules are as follows: employees get one 30 min break during each 8 hour shift, and a 15b min break every 4 hours otherwise. Every other employee at my store OTHER than the sbux employees are required to take these breaks, but apparently we are either exempt from this or they just don't give a shit about us.

Ive talked to my manager about it, and her response to me asking for a break during an almost 10 hour shift was "We dont hire lazy people who need breaks". Thanks.

For the first 10 months I worked there I was 17, meaning in my state (Utah) it was illegal to make me work those hours without those breaks. Now that I'm leaving I want to get this issue brought to someone's attention that can fix it, because the friends of mine how still work there deserve those breaks for the love of god.

Anyways, I just wanna figure out where to report this and how to get it fixed so no one has to deal with it. Pretty sure its illegal and just not right. I'm really sorry this got so long lol ,and please let me know if this is the wrong place the bring this up.