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Does this count as overtime ?

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TurtleMan

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Well, I am a field technician... whenever a store is having problem, I'd drive there to fix the problem. If nothing is planned for the next day, I would head to the corp and do stuffs there...

But lately, this is what I been doing..

I work and work, and no time for lunch, so then if I started at 8am, then I should get off at 4pm. But the thing is, whenever 4pm comes, Im still outside on the field, pretty good distance from home. My question is , since I didn't take lunch, so after 4pm it should counts as overtime ? Is it right? Since I am the field guy, my starting time should counts as the time I left my house, and end time - the time I get home ... is this how it works?

thanks !
 
Originally posted by: TurtleMan
Well, I am a field technician... whenever a store is having problem, I'd drive there to fix the problem. If nothing is planned for the next day, I would head to the corp and do stuffs there...

But lately, this is what I been doing..

I work and work, and no time for lunch, so then if I started at 8am, then I should get off at 4pm. But the thing is, whenever 4pm comes, Im still outside on the field, pretty good distance from home. My question is , since I didn't take lunch, so after 4pm it should counts as overtime ? Is it right? Since I am the field guy, my starting time should counts as the time I left my house, and end time - the time I get home ... is this how it works?

thanks !
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Overtime has nothing to do with the timeframe you work. You can work 10 hours straight for four days all on straight time. You get OT the second you exceed 40 hours for the week.
 
The way it works for me, I get paid as if I left the company. So say I am supposed to be somewhere that is 30 mins from the company but only 5 mins from my house, I get paid starting at 7:30 AM regardless of the fact that I left my house at 7:55. Say I have to be somewhere that is 30 mins from the company but 60 mins from my house, I get paid starting at 7:30 AM regardless of the fact that I left my house at 7:00. It all works out in the end.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
here is an idea. ask the boss.
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yea, the boss will try to pull some random bs on me, and I woudln't know for sure that if he is telling the true or what is the industry standard on this kind of thing...
 
Originally posted by: waggy
here is an idea. ask the boss.
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Bah, we here at ATOT are a whole lot smarter than his boss.

I say take a 3 martini lunch on the company AmEx...at whatever time you damn well please.
 
Well I'm pretty sure you are required to take a lunch under CA law. Also, in CA, anything after 8 hours per day is considered overtime.
 
Originally posted by: PAB
Overtime has nothing to do with the timeframe you work. You can work 10 hours straight for four days all on straight time. You get OT the second you exceed 40 hours for the week.
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:thumbsup:

 
Originally posted by: regnez
Originally posted by: PAB
Overtime has nothing to do with the timeframe you work. You can work 10 hours straight for four days all on straight time. You get OT the second you exceed 40 hours for the week.
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:thumbsup:
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Unless he's in California.
 
Idk Dude. I worked as a mover this summer for like 2 weeks. then I realized they were screwing me. Every day we would have to be there at 8 AM. Then the drivers would pick who they want on their truck and we would load the truck with boxes and whatnot. And we wouldnt be off until 9. and wouldnt get to the house until about 9:15-9:30 depending on the distance. And they wouldnt pay us until we got to the job site, and stopped paying us as soon as we left. So i was like F that cause they screwed us out of 2 hours every day...
 
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
The way it works for me, I get paid as if I left the company. So say I am supposed to be somewhere that is 30 mins from the company but only 5 mins from my house, I get paid starting at 7:30 AM regardless of the fact that I left my house at 7:55. Say I have to be somewhere that is 30 mins from the company but 60 mins from my house, I get paid starting at 7:30 AM regardless of the fact that I left my house at 7:00. It all works out in the end.
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Hmm.. thats sounds good... But for me.. If I suppsoed to be somewhere at 7am , I would have to get up at 5am..get ready, then head out around 5:30am or so .. the moment I started my engine is the moment I start working.. then 5:30am -> 3:30pm would be my work hrs...but it in california traffic.. I'd never get home till 4pm ish and I think those extra time should count as OT..
 
Originally posted by: Ktulu
Well I'm pretty sure you are required to take a lunch under CA law. Also, in CA, anything after 8 hours per day is considered overtime.
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Ya... but Im try to work it out like this....
working from 8-4.. and supposely take lunch at 4pm...
but instead, I am using my lunch hr to go home early..
but the thing is whenever I do that, I usualy worked beyond that hr.. says about 4:20 or something , and I will still be onsite, somewhere in LA or SD, and about hours from home.. so in an essences.. I think im getting scrweed not taking lunch ...am i right ?
 
Originally posted by: Ktulu
Originally posted by: regnez
Originally posted by: PAB
Overtime has nothing to do with the timeframe you work. You can work 10 hours straight for four days all on straight time. You get OT the second you exceed 40 hours for the week.
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:thumbsup:
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Unless he's in California.
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Eh? Doesn't that rule apply there too?
 
Originally posted by: ChaoZ
Originally posted by: Ktulu
Originally posted by: regnez
Originally posted by: PAB
Overtime has nothing to do with the timeframe you work. You can work 10 hours straight for four days all on straight time. You get OT the second you exceed 40 hours for the week.
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:thumbsup:
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Unless he's in California.
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Eh? Doesn't that rule apply there too?
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Well in California after 8 hours is overtime or after 40 hours for the week.
 
I don't think your company has any obligation to pay you from the time you leave your house. Commuting to work is a normal part of every job.
 
Are you under any contracts? Are you paid hourly or on a salary? If on salary are you a manager? <--- all of these make a difference when OT is due

Everybody has to drive (or commute) to/from work. My company doesn't clock me in when I get in my car to leave the house, and they don't care it takes 5 minutes or 2 hours for me to get to/from work as long as I am there.
 
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