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Paid lunch breaks - FastMT


Posted: Dec 27, 2012

In the training, it said that we get 2 paid 15 minutes breaks in a 6 hour shift.  How is that figured?  It is automatic?

We can take two 15 minute breaks without clocking out. normal - wannin

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nm

Not the OP, but if the breaks are "paid" ... - Des

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then shouldn't line counts get supplemented to make up for the supposedly "paid" nonproduction time? If we were paid hourly, it'd be no big deal because we'd just stay on the clock, but if we're not transcribing, we're NOT getting paid, so basically, in the land of being paid by the line, there's no such thing as "paid" breaks.

This is what the OP was talking about.

Paid lunch breaks - FastMT

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Exactly. If we are not producing, we are not getting paid.

break? - marty

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yeah I was wondering this too, how do we get "paid," when we literally do not get paid if our hands are not on the keyboard?? just wondering if they figure something in? or am I just dreaming, LOL


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