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wildgift on Feb 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: We should only work 25 hours a week, argues profes...

FYI, the standard US lunch is 30 minutes and doesn't count toward the 40 hours. It's been this way for a long time.

yardie on Feb 4, 2013 [–]

That is if you are waged. If salaried your lunch break is supposed to be built into your renumeration. But I know plenty of people taking 15-30 minute unpaid lunches verses an hour unpaid lunches just so they can leave the office in a reasonable amount of time.

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