Whole Foods Cuts Paid Breaks for Many US Workers From 15 to 10 Minutes

A shopper leaves a Whole Foods Market store in Union Square, in New York, on June 24, 2015. Julie Jacobson/File via AP

Whole Foods Market announced a change in its break policy for many employees working at the supermarket chain, cutting rest time from 15 minutes to 10 minutes in stores nationwide.

Employees at stores in parts of Southern California, the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic, and the South will be affected under this new policy, reducing the previous 15 minutes paid break to 10 minutes, Motherboard reported.