I can&#x27;t believe how far down in the comments I had to scroll to see this sentiment, and that it&#x27;s sitting partially grayed no less!<p>To me it&#x27;s completely obvious; if businesses could be trusted not to abuse their employees, then nannying regulations mandating lunch breaks wouldn&#x27;t be necessary.  Since businesses repeatedly abuse the power imbalances they have over their workers (including removing lunch breaks), there you have the regulations.