Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks? - eviltoast

You always hear the phase “9 to 5” and also the song with the same name. Assuming you include 1 hour worth of breaks (30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks), you’re only working for 7 hours a day which comes up to 35 hours a week.

Now it feels like you have to work 8 hours a day (for a total of 40 hours of actual work), plus your other time off meaning you’re really there for 9 hours each day (for a total of 45 hours). Am i looking at that wrong, or did expected times change, and if so, when?

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    43·
    29 days ago

    You cannot be salaried and deducted hours you don’t work.

    You would think that. And yet, the US… Finds a way. I’d rather not doxx myself by getting into it further, but it’s definitely not illegal where I am.

    • JamesFire@lemmy.world
      3·
      28 days ago

      Not illegal, as in you’ve actually gone through this with a lawyer, or not illegal, as in your company does it anyway?

      Because Federally, being salaried does not work like you describe: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/17g-overtime-salary

      Working less hours in a day is not valid reason to deduct pay. Working less full days is. (From the source above)

      State law does not trump federal law, unless explicitly called out. It’s just that federal law is actually pretty lax regarding most things and states are more restrictive.