Richard Mumford-yoyoman
Been here a while
- Location
- Atlanta GA
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Looked into it with BOLI. If the employees are in transit between jobs, they must be paid--even if they are eating their lunch. AND, they must be given a meal break apart from this time. You can occassionally have exceptions, but this is the law.
I am curious, though--and maybe YoYo can speak to this--whether industries that are based on travel (airline, rail, fishing) are the same: must employees who are "on board" be paid even if they take a meal break while they are "on board"?
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I hate it when mandates that should protect employees, limits them from making voluntary and good common sense choices that could enhance their work and life.
To answer your question, my day job is SO full of rules and regulations and as noted, it is all apples and oranges when it comes to what employees get paid and when. In our transportation environment, we generally get paid when the rotating beacon is turned on (when the plane is pushed back and the door is closed). All the time spent going from one gate to another, loading the computers with flight plans, preparing for the flight in a briefing room, briefing flight attendants etc etc etc is not directly part of our pay. That being said, on a long flight for example 10 hours there is an extra co-pilot or sometimes a second crew. I sleep for 3 hours of that flight and yes, get paid. We call it "dozing for dollars".
So I find it disappointing when an employee can't make a voluntary discussion that does not impact safety and spend that 30-45 minutes with his family.
I also find if very admirable that as an employer you consider these things. (I'd work for you anytime) Probably put my sky-chair in the tree for lunch though.
Looked into it with BOLI. If the employees are in transit between jobs, they must be paid--even if they are eating their lunch. AND, they must be given a meal break apart from this time. You can occassionally have exceptions, but this is the law.
I am curious, though--and maybe YoYo can speak to this--whether industries that are based on travel (airline, rail, fishing) are the same: must employees who are "on board" be paid even if they take a meal break while they are "on board"?
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I hate it when mandates that should protect employees, limits them from making voluntary and good common sense choices that could enhance their work and life.
To answer your question, my day job is SO full of rules and regulations and as noted, it is all apples and oranges when it comes to what employees get paid and when. In our transportation environment, we generally get paid when the rotating beacon is turned on (when the plane is pushed back and the door is closed). All the time spent going from one gate to another, loading the computers with flight plans, preparing for the flight in a briefing room, briefing flight attendants etc etc etc is not directly part of our pay. That being said, on a long flight for example 10 hours there is an extra co-pilot or sometimes a second crew. I sleep for 3 hours of that flight and yes, get paid. We call it "dozing for dollars".
So I find it disappointing when an employee can't make a voluntary discussion that does not impact safety and spend that 30-45 minutes with his family.
I also find if very admirable that as an employer you consider these things. (I'd work for you anytime) Probably put my sky-chair in the tree for lunch though.
