5 30-minute lunches = 2.5 hours
40 - 2.5 = 37.5 hours
in a 40 hr week he isn’t getting paid to eat lunch
this also allows a slightly higher perceived hourly rate for the actual time at the job.
a 40 hr $15/hour job = $600/wk
“paying” $600 for 37.5 translates as $16/hr
or looked at another way, an employer can pay $16/hr for 37.5 hrs instead of $15 for 40 hrs and it costs the same amt on a weekly basis
Lunch breaks are unpaid for non-exempt employees according to the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
This looks like an 7-1/2 hour workday.
My guess if it is a factory, the base hours are 37.5 to prevent having to pay overtime if they need workers to work a couple of extra hours during a week. I have heard of this before.
If the employer fine tunes things as described, I bet they punch a time clock also. Some do that today over their office computers.
5 30-minute lunches = 2.5 hours
40 - 2.5 = 37.5 hours
in a 40 hr week he isn’t getting paid to eat lunch
Correct. I had a 37.5 hr/week job back in 1972. The salaried people worked 40-plus hours/week but the wage-grunts were expected to AVOID overtime to save employer money. The salaried folks got paid the same for 40 hours or 50...