Do people just get paid for their lunch hour or something? How come some are 9-5, while others are 8-5 or 9-6?
How do 9-5 jobs equate to 40 hour work weeks?
- Thread starter Syringer
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9-5 jobs usually have half hour lunches. And they're not 40 hour weeks. That's impossible. A job's start/end times are set by management according to their needs.
Originally posted by: toekramp
i get paid for lunch and typically work 7-6...but i get friday's off
and yes i realize this is 44 hours
Which isn't legal and can get the company in serious trouble with the feds!
Anyway, those who get paid for their lunch hours, I'm JEALOUS! I suppose if you're paid for lunch, then it's possible to get 40 hours out of a 9-5 job.
Gooberlx2
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Because some states, like Colorado, require two paid 15 minute breaks per 8-hour shift (15 mins/4 hours). So alot of people, like me, will use those two breaks back-to-back as lunch and get paid for it. That way it's 8-hours paid/day, 40 hours/week. My shifts, for example are from 7:30-ish to 3:30-ish and I take my 1/2-hour lunch at 12:00 to 12:30.
Otherwise lots of people simply take working lunches....or con it off as that anyway.
edit: And yeah...CPA is certainly right. Salaried doesn't really apply to all these rules as much.
i work from 7 to 3:30. thats a duration of 8.5 hours. half an hour is lunch and is not paid. and i'm suppossed to have two 15 minute paid breaks. that translates to 7.5 working hours a day (but being paid 8 hours). since i'm salary, it doesnt matter that i take hour lunches with 30 minute breaks. as long as i get done with what i need to, my supervisor is cool with that. once in a blue moon, i need to put in an 30 minutes to an hour of overtime but thats nothing as much of my work is just sitting around waiting for reactions and what not. so i probably really do 2-3 hours of labor in that 8.5 hour span i'm at work.
federal law requires one paid 10 minute break for every 4 hours worked. If 5 hours or more worked, atleast 30 not-required-pay minutes for "lunch" is required.
silverpig
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- Jul 29, 2001
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Around here I think it's the law for it to be like this:
8 hour work day
2x 15 minute paid breaks
1x 30 minute unpaid break
Most people will come in at 9, take the 2x 15 minute breaks back to back at lunch time, then take off at 5 pm, having their 30 minute unpaid break as the drive home.
8 hour work day
2x 15 minute paid breaks
1x 30 minute unpaid break
Most people will come in at 9, take the 2x 15 minute breaks back to back at lunch time, then take off at 5 pm, having their 30 minute unpaid break as the drive home.
Like I said...
Federal law requires one paid 10 minute break for every 4 hours worked. If 5 hours or more worked, atleast 30 not-required-pay minutes for "lunch" is required.
Federal law trumps any laws "around here".
alkemyst
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- Feb 13, 2001
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The only flaw here is 2 15min breaks are every 4 hours and not designed to be back to back, nor a lunch break.
I am doubting *most* can or do take their 30mins on the ride home. Most employers do everything they can within law and often outside it to avoid the 15min breaks lately.
I am doubting *most* can or do take their 30mins on the ride home. Most employers do everything they can within law and often outside it to avoid the 15min breaks lately.
Remember like CPA these laws do not apply to people on aalary. No matter how long their break is, or how long they work their pay does not change.
I am expected to work from 7:30 to 5 with a half hour for lunch, 5 days a week, and yet my paycheck is for a 40 hour week. Figure that one out.
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