My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: CA

I work in a office with 3 other guys. We do technical support for an organization where people call in and we try to solve their computer related problems over the phone or go out and solve on site.

So their are 4 guys and when their are no calls, we talk. We talk about sports, games, whats for lunch, movies, etc. to pass the time.

Now we are told that we are not allowed to talk because we need to concentrate on our work. Is this some kind of violation of our civil rights?

We work and talk at the same time, its not like we ignore our clients while we talk. When receive a call the talking stops and we work. Once the call is done, we continue talking where we left off.

Can someone tell me what is wrong with us talking? I don't see a problem, work gets done.