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tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
32. It's been years since I've worked there
Thu May 30, 2013, 03:27 PM
May 2013

It could have been state laws and they could have change. I just remember that if you worked 6 hours you got a 20 minute (paid) lunch break. Anything over 6 hours got you 1/2 hour lunch.

I wonder how many people who get paid vacations actually use it. dkf May 2013 #1
I use mine BainsBane May 2013 #3
I'm up to 7 FreeJoe May 2013 #28
The odd thing about where I work BainsBane May 2013 #30
That is unusual FreeJoe May 2013 #37
Precisely Sherman A1 May 2013 #6
I only use mine if I'm too sick to crawl into work. MindPilot May 2013 #11
I use mine. My company insists on it. nt hack89 May 2013 #25
That sounds somewhat high to me, but I'm not out there collecting statistics. SheilaT May 2013 #2
So you think I'm an idiot? MindPilot May 2013 #15
If you never take any of your vacation time for years on end, yes you're SheilaT May 2013 #20
With more and more people having to cobble together various part-time gigs... no wonder. LooseWilly May 2013 #4
When do we stop calling the US an "advanced" economy.... Wounded Bear May 2013 #5
We do have an advanced economy by today's definition, it's our society that's backward. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #8
The employers that do offer B Calm May 2013 #7
or they put in limitations for which times you cannot take vacation SoCalDem May 2013 #17
Boss: Sorry can't let you have that week, B Calm May 2013 #39
Paid days off? What's that? AngryOldDem May 2013 #9
I remember having this discussion here before. Heywood J May 2013 #10
how many get sick days? hobbit709 May 2013 #12
du rec. xchrom May 2013 #13
IMO, that's about the right figure. nt raccoon May 2013 #14
I am surprised the number is not higher SoCalDem May 2013 #16
I believe that lunch breaks, while not federally mandated, SheilaT May 2013 #21
Lunch breaks are typically for 6 hours or more tabbycat31 May 2013 #24
Where I work we're supposed to get a 30 minute lunch break SheilaT May 2013 #31
It's been years since I've worked there tabbycat31 May 2013 #32
6 hours is Federal Law but some states override that DotGone May 2013 #33
typical of corporate America - companies are shooting themselves in the foot on this one laundry_queen May 2013 #18
It's not just corporate America... ohheckyeah May 2013 #34
That is true laundry_queen May 2013 #35
Sometimes in small towns the mom and pops are the only ohheckyeah May 2013 #36
Actual small business often run on really tight margins TheKentuckian May 2013 #38
2 days a month, one for annual leave and one for sick Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #19
I suppose its fairly easy to rationalize bhikkhu May 2013 #22
I work full time..40 hrs per week. No sick time, Saphire May 2013 #23
If I take more than one day off consecutively, I risk getting fired Downtown Hound May 2013 #26
I don't get paid days off 'cause I'm a contractor justiceischeap May 2013 #27
it's part of what keep my husband and i from going on longer trips fizzgig May 2013 #29
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