[ SECRET POST #2272 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2272 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Working Hours

[(Anonymous)]

Is it? I was discussing this point the other day saying it was mandated; the other person was saying it wasn't. I googled it and got the federal law, which doesn't require it: http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workhours/breaks.htm "Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks. However, when employers do offer short breaks (usually lasting about 5 to 20 minutes), federal law considers the breaks as compensable work hours that would be included in the sum of hours worked during the work week and considered in determining if overtime was worked. Unauthorized extensions of authorized work breaks need not be counted as hours worked when the employer has expressly and unambiguously communicated to the employee that the authorized break may only last for a specific length of time, that any extension of the break is contrary to the employer's rules, and any extension of the break will be punished.
Bona fide meal periods (typically lasting at least 30 minutes), serve a different purpose than coffee or snack breaks and, thus, are not work time and are not compensable."

Do you have cites for the state of TX?

Re: Working Hours

[(Anonymous)]

I found this site that says, no TX doesn't have mandated breaks: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/flsa_does_and_doesnt_do.html

The FLSA does not require:
Optional employee benefits and payroll practices not required under any law - this category includes such things as:
breaks - although some states require breaks, Texas and most other states do not - federal law has no break requirement - the only exceptions are found in special regulations relating to highly hazardous occupations such as high-altitude steel erection workers or nuclear plant workers - most companies do allow some sort of breaks, however, in their policies
breast-pumping / nursing breaks – these are unpaid breaks – under the 2010 health care reform bill, new FLSA section 207(r)(1) requires employers to give non-exempt nursing mothers reasonable break times to express breast milk, or if children are allowed in the office, nurse their infants, during the first year after the baby's birth (for more information, see "Nursing Mothers" in this outline)
"coffee breaks" (rest breaks) are paid, since they are regarded as promoting productivity and efficiency on the part of employees and thus benefit the employer - 20 minutes or less in duration
"smoking breaks" - smoking breaks are not required under Texas or federal law, are in the same category as rest breaks (see above), and may be controlled in any way with appropriate policies
"lunch breaks" are unpaid - defined as 30 minutes or longer for the purpose of eating a meal - employee must be "fully relieved of duties" during the meal break – if employee is answering phones, filing, or otherwise working while eating, the "break" is counted as regular work time