Hourly Paid Job - Normal To Have Lunch Paid Or Not ?

[DSLiverpool]

I pay half an hour for lunch making a paid day 8.5 hours but another employer mate doesn't he pays an 8 hour day and his staff work 9 - 5.30. I called him tight, he called me mad - who is right?

Edited by DSLiverpool on Friday 23 January 14:52

[illmonkey]

Getting paid for lunch isn't normal. But if you're happy, why change? I'm sure thr staff love "money for nothing"

[mph1977]

getting paid for lunch is not the norm in any job with fixed shifts ... it also makes it rather easier to prove that you are meeting your obligations under H+S legislation with regard to breaks for those whose shift is 6 hours or more.

[LouD86]

Thats rather generous. Whenever I was younger in a hourly paid role, I never got paid for lunch. So much so, I made sure I took my full lunch everyday, I wasn't missing a minute of it. Paid lunch's now, company give me an hour, I may take 5/10 minutes, to eat my lunch, then I'm back at work. I think it works better if your staff have good ethics

[DSLiverpool]

My staff have a 15 min paid break at 11 and 3 as well as 30 mins for lunch so I guess I am paying an hour a day

[mph1977]

DSLiverpool said:

My staff have a 15 min paid break at 11 and 3 as well as 30 mins for lunch so I guess I am paying an hour a day

paid breaks are far more common as it allows the breaks to be moved or foreshortened if there's a particular need ...