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[OBwannabe]

I know the labour code states that workers must receive 1 hour of free time for an 8 hour work day. What I'm wondering is...can this 1 hour be spit up, or does it have to be 60 consecutive minutes?

My dumb employer has decided to split hour lunch hour into 2 parts. A 40 minute break to eat and later on we are adding 20 minutes to an already existing 10 prep time.

I don't mind too much really, but she seems to think of the 20 minute break as prep. It's clearly stated in the labor code that the 1 hour break is to be used freely. So I should be free to come an go during those 20 min as well, right?

[Fallacy]

Article 54 (Recess Hours) - (1) An employer shall allow a recess period of more than 30 minutes for every four working hours and more than one hour for every eight working hours during the working hours. (2) A recess period may be freely used by workers.

[Porksta]

The hour can be split up. The hour is to be used freely, so prep time does not count. Make sure to get the hour you are actually working a nine hour day, so if you work from say 9-5 you don't get a full hour.