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Average Hours Worked Per Job in Europe (vegantheoryclub.org)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Meanwhile in Freedumb land my boss takes the mandatory lunch break (unpaid) and slaps an extra 45 minutes on the "8 hour day" so he doesn't lose any productivity, but we're essentially here for 9 hours not 8... Since it's unpaid and we aren't clocked in by law we do "40" so no overtime but it's really more like 45...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Got a department of labor in your state?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I do, but not only are most of the laws vague they are also made with these loopholes as a feature not a bug. We get a lunch break and that's all the law cares about. Most companies do this unless you're considered a real human and have a real human job like white collar work. I work in a factory so I'm as human as the scrap metal we toss away daily.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

It's not only in the US. In Spain, my company mandates a minimum of 30 minutes of unpaid break. This is so they can avoid giving you the 15minutes paid break mandated by law (how does it make sense? I don't know). On. 40 hour work week.