My employees, being paid as normal workers, not hotel workers, work from 8 am until 4:30 pm. They have a half hour for lunch which they eat on property. They have brought a copy of the labor law which states a working day consists of 8 hours. They are insisting lunch is included in that part of the 8 hours.
There is no indication in the law referring to lunch periods. A call to the secretary of trabajo supports the employees view.
My arguement, of course, is they are not "working" during the half hour lunch, therefore the hours should stand as they are 8 am to 4:30.
While I don't mind paying them through their lunch break, my question is just to know if I have to adjust their schedule by half an hour and decide which end of the day I will take it from.
There is no indication in the law referring to lunch periods. A call to the secretary of trabajo supports the employees view.
My arguement, of course, is they are not "working" during the half hour lunch, therefore the hours should stand as they are 8 am to 4:30.
While I don't mind paying them through their lunch break, my question is just to know if I have to adjust their schedule by half an hour and decide which end of the day I will take it from.