Do you have a lunch break
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Actually, y'all are right, I think our law mandates a half hour break, off the clock, for 6 hour shifts. I just didn't know how long, 'cos my shifts are all 8.5 to 9 hours long.
Although there is not, that I'm aware of, any law which automatically entitles us to breaks *on* the clock, though my employer gives us them anyway as well (15 minutes every 2 hours - for example, if I work 8.5 hour shifts, I get 2 15-minute breaks and one half). They're pretty good to us in that way.
Although there is not, that I'm aware of, any law which automatically entitles us to breaks *on* the clock, though my employer gives us them anyway as well (15 minutes every 2 hours - for example, if I work 8.5 hour shifts, I get 2 15-minute breaks and one half). They're pretty good to us in that way.
Many people at work have a 9-hour day (8 hours of work with 1 hour set aside for lunch). I actually work an 8-hour day (my department is 24/7 so each person works 8 hours to provide around-the-clock coverage). As such, I'm not sure if there is an official regulation for lunch breaks. My boss doesn't seem to care when I eat lunch. I pretty much always bring food with me and just eat at my desk while I surf the web or check email. So I really don't take an official break. I just enjoy my food and focus on something that isn't work-related.
Is there an explanation for the precise numbers? And do they actually measure?For me (in the UK) I technically get 53 minutes. If we don't take it all, it goes to flexitime.
Actual work hours are 7 hours 12 minutes a day
I get half an hour, and there's a common area with some chairs and tables for people to eat at. (Not every floor has one, so some people from other floors also join us.)
Since I work with a research grant, I get to manage my own hours. The head of faculty don't really care when I come and go as long as my work get done.
I started this job with full intention of getting into good, healthy routine of 9-18 with 1 hour for lunch, but I slowly drifted into my usual stint of Monday-Thursday 11-21 with 1 hour for lunch, and Friday 11-15 with no lunch (since I have to commute for the weekend). Same number of hours, but it's the only way to make me productive, as my brains seems to work better in the afternoon. However, my timetable varies even more wildly due to deadlines, lectures, papers, the usual stuff.
I started this job with full intention of getting into good, healthy routine of 9-18 with 1 hour for lunch, but I slowly drifted into my usual stint of Monday-Thursday 11-21 with 1 hour for lunch, and Friday 11-15 with no lunch (since I have to commute for the weekend). Same number of hours, but it's the only way to make me productive, as my brains seems to work better in the afternoon. However, my timetable varies even more wildly due to deadlines, lectures, papers, the usual stuff.
I rarely actually eat on my lunch break. I just come home (I live a mile away from where I work) and veg out. 
One of the perks of being the boss man is being able to say, "You know what? I'm really feeling a need for Buffalo Wild Wings today, so I'm going to drive out to the West End and take a lunch that's probably more like an hour and a half."
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I was pure research so no teaching load. I only had two "directives" 1) bring in cash 2) publish papers - as long as I did both of those, no problem.
Variable. Sometimes I don't have lunch, sometimes lunch is provided for me, sometimes I get a decent break. I quite like not having a routine.
I get exactly 38 minutes, any more than that and it's supposed to be tacked on to the end of my day. Then again I rarely use more than 15 or 20 most days before getting back to work, with those extra minutes being used for a lunch out once a week with colleagues.
When i was working at Disney, we were to take a lunch break if our shift was 6.5 hours or longer. If the shift was less than 6.5 hours, like say, 6 hours, we can waive our lunch and just take two 15's instead.
Hours are 7:15-4 PM. Supposed to get two 15 min breaks and a 45 min lunch.
Are you kidding? I'm a teacher, of course I don't have a lunch break!
Hmm. So I guess you survive on a constant feeding of apples that the little ones hand you?
Hmm. So I guess you survive on a constant feeding of apples that the little ones hand you?
I think she teaches High-School, so it's more like she survives on the wads of ABC gum they toss at her
Hmm. So I guess you survive on a constant feeding of apples that the little ones hand you?
I think she teaches High-School, so it's more like she survives on the wads of ABC gum they toss at her
Or if one of her students is Jeff Spicoli, she could always ask him to order a pizza.
I work for a daily newspaper. There is no time for a lunch break when I am on early shift 2pm till 10pm on late (4pm till midnight) I usually get a break at ten after the first edition is sent to press.
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