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1. Derek Wilkerson

   

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   8/21/2015 9:08 AM

   Does anyone provide a paid lunch period? I inherited a paid lunch situation where I pay for 8 hours of work and only get 7.5. Thanks for the feedback?
   
   Derek

   
   
   
   
2. Brent Venenga

   

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   8/21/2015 10:08 AM

   Same here. Kind of some new ownership and that's what it states in the new handbook.

   
   
   
   
3. Peter Bowman

   

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   8/21/2015 10:08 AM

   Where can I apply?

   
   
   
   
4. Brent Venenga

   

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   8/21/2015 11:08 AM

   Ill take your help Pete. actually its only 7 hrs work my workers along with 1/2 hour paid lunch they also get 2 fifteen minute paid breaks if you work an 8 hour shift.

   
   
   
   
5. Mike Tanis

   

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   8/21/2015 4:08 PM

   We have paid lunch also, private course, southeastern MA

   
   
   
   
6. Peter Bowman

   

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   8/21/2015 6:08 PM

   Brent Venenga said: Ill take your help Pete. actually its only 7 hrs work my workers along with 1/2 hour paid lunch they also get 2 fifteen minute paid breaks if you work an 8 hour shift.

   
   
   Thanks Brent. Seven hours sounds pretty good, but at my age if I eat lunch sometimes it makes me tired afterward. So, if you pay me for lunch, it's your fault if I get tired. I would then need a paid 45 minute to 1 hour paid nap. Hardly too much to ask. I'd be good for 5-1/2 to maybe 6 hours.

   
   
   
   
7. Peter Bowman

   

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   8/21/2015 8:08 PM

   Are you guys in France?

   
   
   
   
8. Melvin Waldron

   

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   8/23/2015 9:08 AM

   I knew of a private course where instead of a break after morning jobs they took a 20 minute lunch. Started at 6 off at 2 paid 8 hours.
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
9. Keith Pegg

   

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   8/23/2015 4:08 PM

   Check your state law. back when I was in WA we had 23 min for lunch and one 10min coffee paid for. Was not great but worked out okay. This was better than the old way of 2/ 10 min coffee breaks and a lunch break because every one know every break takes 5 min before and 5 min after just to start moving.
   
   Keith

   
   
   
   
10. Melvin Waldron

    

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    8/24/2015 6:08 AM

    I will say here we have a 45 minute lunch break which most guys do not finish, they get too itchy to get back to work. Only works well for those guys that run to McD's. 15 minutes of it is one of our paid 15 minute breaks, the other is taken at the end of the day.
    
    One of our other courses just takes their hour all at once, they are father from the fast food.
    
    Mel

    
    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
    
    
11. Zachary Wike

    

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    8/25/2015 5:08 AM

    We do not offer a paid lunch and I am not sure I would ever give that option unless mandated. I have a retiree that formerly owned an auto service center. He always paid his staff during lunch. All of the employees would put an order together at a fast food place and send one employee to pick it up. A few years back, the employee that went to get lunch got in an accident and filed a workers comp claim. The claim led to a permanent disability costing the owner of the small business a lot of money and time. If you are going to offer a paid lunch, you may want to think twice about allowing people to leave the property. It could open up a lot of extra liabilities.

    
    
    
    
12. Andy Jorgensen

    

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    8/25/2015 7:08 AM

    The majority of our staff starts work at 5:00. They take their "lunch" at the conclusion of their first assignment for about 15-20 minutes. This is a paid break. They wrap up at 1:00 and are out the door.
    
    As for leaving property, we make everybody clock-out. The exception to this rule is salary people. If an accident occurred, the trip would have to be for legitimate business reasons to be covered under workman's comp.
    
    If a supervisor instructed an employee to go pick up lunch for the staff while on the clock, I can see this as being covered by workman's comp. I would seriously rethink this practice as well.

    
    
    
    
13. Brent Venenga

    

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    8/25/2015 8:08 AM

    our policy is if you leave the property you must clock out. so I would say most if not all people just stay on site while they are on a paid lunch.

    
    
    
    
14. Melvin Waldron

    

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    8/25/2015 11:08 AM

    I remember when I worked at a couple of places, if people stayed on property they did not clock out for lunch, but we deducted the half hour for lunch from their time card. If they left property they clocked out.
    
    Had some kids run to a fast food place and wouldn't get back in time, needless to say they got paid 7.9 or 7.8 hours instead of 8.
    
    Mel

    
    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
    
    
15. Sean Hoolehan

    

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    8/26/2015 9:08 AM

    We not only give a paid lunch but we provide it for free.

    
    
    
    
16. Melvin Waldron

    

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    8/26/2015 10:08 AM

    Sean Hoolehan, CGCS said: We not only give a paid lunch but we provide it for free.

    
    
    I did an internship at a resort where we got a free lunch. The full timers always looked forward to the holidays, they said the spread was pretty good from the extra food that didn't get sold to guests. We didn't get paid for time though.
    
    Mel

    
    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO