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paid 0.25 hour breaks x2? - readytoretire
Posted: Jul 11, 2013
In my state, there are supposed to be 2 paid 15-minute breaks if one works 8 hours. I questioned my company HR about this and was told "there was a slight amount added to our line rate" to cover this. What?? how is that a break. I am wondering:
1. How many companies do this?
2. Do any pay for the 15-minute break?
3. How many states honor this? (check with your state Labor Relations Board). ? ]
4. Is there a legal issue here, something that could have a class action law suit?
I am tired of having so many things removed from us in this career, all of which amount to less pay.
Does anyone have more knowledge about this? Perhaps it is wishful thinking on my part, but if we are supposed to be compensated, that is 2.5 hours a week, per 8 hour shifts.
feeling the pain too. - done with
[ In Reply To ..]I was told the same thing too. It's figured into your pay. What a joke. My state does not happen to have the law. My labor dept said it is up to the company how they pay you for your breaks. It adds up to quite a substantial amount over the course of a year and worth pursuing if your state labor dept would pursue it for you.
How is all of that figured into pay? - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Headers, footers, patient demographics, copies, research, and now breaks are all figured into our pay? What did our pay start out as, -0.05 per line?
When they hire us at 4 cpl for editing, there is NOTHING figured in. How on earth can the prove that?
I have no idea. - how they figure it
[ In Reply To ..]I was hired at 4.5 cpl and decreased twice down to 4.0 and they still say that it's figured into our pay. I told them that it doesn't make any sense, which they agreed with, and told me that is the way it is. Great answer huh? I could not get them pinned down to an answer or a breakdown or anything that could show how we are paid for those 2 PAID breaks they stated in our employee handbook we are entitled to receive. If we were paid hourly then, of course, we don't clock out we get paid. But being production, unless we are keying lines on the keyboard we are not being paid. So, if your state law requires paid breaks, if I were you, I would definitely look into this. and show them your employee handbook. Good luck. My state does not require breaks.
It's not that's a lie. - Despicable Them
[ In Reply To ..]Production is simply that - a product of what you produce. There is no magic hidden formula in your production pay to compensate for the 1/2 hour break time.
They figure if you make OVER the manadatory minimum wage you've earned 15 minutes break, and if you haven't produced more than minimum wage, oh well, tough noogies. :)
Wage & Hour laws apply to the state you work FROM - FYI
[ In Reply To ..]If you were to file a complaint, it has to be in the state you work out of not the state you work from.
I found that out recently when I hired an attorney to sue for breach of contract and filed a complaint with Wage & Hour on this company. It had to be the state where the company operates from, which would make sense that they would have to comply with the laws of the state the company operates in.
Labor laws by state - Mary
[ In Reply To ..]I also filed a claim against an employer and since I was an employee, not an IC, the state I lived in had jurisdiction. If you are an IC and there is a breach of contract the state the company is located has jurisdiction. You can easily get an answer from your local labor board, most have e-mail contact on their webpage.
paid 0.25 - Tess
[ In Reply To ..]Here are some links to the federal guideline on breaks
http://www.dol.gov/compliance/topics/wages-other-breaks.htm
http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/rest.htm
Sorry I don't know how to post a link to where it will just open for you. Good luck and keep asking for what you deserve.
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