Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
That would show the truck in motion and the time would be off? Lunch has to be in our diad's between 11-3.
Forced 1 hr lunch
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Zowert
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Management likes to pick and choose when or who they harass over lunch breaks. We have guys here that never take their lunch, just run and gun all day to get done early. Management said nothing to them during peak. Now that we’ve slowed down considerably they’re starting to call them (with stew) in to the office.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Get into an accident and you might be screwed as you are off the clock.
BlackCat
Well-Known Member
I dont ask and I dont care.
One of those guys is actually in my loop. He just cant seem to understand why he always gets 30-40 stops more than I do.
Dragon
Package Center Manager
Do you come back a half hour early or do you use that other 30 minutes to chill and take your time cause "you" have not taken your full hour lunch? Gotta get that 9.5 x 5 pay check every week.
BlackCat
Well-Known Member
What the hell does it matter?
Cuz if you chilling on the clock you’re stealing.
eats packages
Deranged lunatic
This has happened here and the locally agreed rule is that a 1 hour lunch can be forced as long as it is non-biased (everyone in the center has to take an hour lunch) and over 8 hours.
PT is different, the union here acknowledged that meal periods were used to offset an issue in unload a couple of times and it was agreed, between 6-8 hours for the lunch period to be scheduled and only last 30 minutes.
PT is different, the union here acknowledged that meal periods were used to offset an issue in unload a couple of times and it was agreed, between 6-8 hours for the lunch period to be scheduled and only last 30 minutes.
BlackCat
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I do not think that was what he was implying.
Underallowed306
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According to nolo.com, the law varies by state. My state, for example, requires a 30 minute lunch if working over 6 consecutive hours. Not all states follow that mandate. There is not a federal law for an hour lunch break, as I stated earlier. My apologies. I’m not sure why UPS insists on an hour. I know they’re going to deduct it regardless if you work over 8 hours, so you might as well take it. The FedEx guys I know have a timer on their handhelds. It shuts down (totally locks up) for an hour once they enter that they are eating.
Back first
Well-Known Member
Spoken like a true runner!
Underallowed306
Well-Known Member
I’m not a FedEx driver, but I eat lunch with one regularly. This is what he told me. It had a timer on the screen counting down from 1 hour. He said he couldn’t do anything until the timer was done.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
No one is listening to the OP.
He isn’t talking about skipping lunch.
He isn’t talking about working off of the clock.
What he is talking about...is taking a 30 minute lunch and putting that on his timecard in order to get home half an hour earlier.
I do that all the time. Its not dishonest and its not costing anyone a job.
Ask yourself this; do you seriously believe that the company is forcing hour lunches because they care about us and want us to get enough rest?
If you do, you are an idiot.
The company forces hour lunches because they are counting on the fact that a certain percentage of drivers will simply cave in and work through part of their lunch in order to get home to their families at a reasonable time.
Its a scam, designed to maximize the amount of free labor they can screw us out of.
The contract states that we are to be paid for all hours worked. So if I want to take a 30 minute lunch and I put that on my timecard, they should not have the right to discipline me or to withold an hour of my pay.
I’m glad I work in a local that prevents them from doing that.
He isn’t talking about skipping lunch.
He isn’t talking about working off of the clock.
What he is talking about...is taking a 30 minute lunch and putting that on his timecard in order to get home half an hour earlier.
I do that all the time. Its not dishonest and its not costing anyone a job.
Ask yourself this; do you seriously believe that the company is forcing hour lunches because they care about us and want us to get enough rest?
If you do, you are an idiot.
The company forces hour lunches because they are counting on the fact that a certain percentage of drivers will simply cave in and work through part of their lunch in order to get home to their families at a reasonable time.
Its a scam, designed to maximize the amount of free labor they can screw us out of.
The contract states that we are to be paid for all hours worked. So if I want to take a 30 minute lunch and I put that on my timecard, they should not have the right to discipline me or to withold an hour of my pay.
I’m glad I work in a local that prevents them from doing that.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
He isnt talking about working off of the clock.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
Our rule is that the only time a driver can be forced to take an hour lunch is for legitimate operational needs, such as having late closeouts, and he does not have enough work on the car to keep him busy until the closeout time with a 30 minute lunch.
bottomups
Bad Moon Risen'
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