The Off Topic Topic

[Admiral Yi]

There were two amazements.  Her amazement was that the break is unpaid.  My amazement was that she was amazed.

[The Brain]

I have never encountered a workplace with paid lunch breaks. Is that common in the UK?

[Josquius]

If it's mandatory it should be paid.
It's not so much that paid lunch breaks are common but that work places demand you're there for 8 hours with 30 minutes of it unpaid

[Syt]

If it's mandatory it should be paid.
It's not so much that paid lunch breaks are common but that work places demand you're there for 8 hours with 30 minutes of it unpaid

Over here it's 8 hours, plus 30 minute lunch break, i.e. 8h30.

[celedhring]

Over here if you work more than 6 straight hours, your employer has to give you 15 minutes of paid break. So most working hours are 4h + unpaid lunch break + 4h. Working 7.30h straight with a paid 15m break is also popular, particularly in summer months.

[dps]

If it's mandatory it should be paid.
It's not so much that paid lunch breaks are common but that work places demand you're there for 8 hours with 30 minutes of it unpaid

Generally, over here, you don't have to actually be on the premises during an unpaid break;  if you get an unpaid break, you can't leave.

[Maladict]

Over here if you work more than 6 straight hours, your employer has to give you 15 minutes of paid break. So most working hours are 4h + unpaid lunch break + 4h. Working 7.30h straight with a paid 15m break is also popular, particularly in summer months.

I think it's a European rule, over 5,5 or 6 hours the employee has a right to a 15 or 30 minute break (if they want one).
It's not mandatory for the employee to take it, so it doesn't have to be paid.

[Savonarola]

Alstom has a push right now to educate their employees on inclusivity and the like.  They put together a guide to the different countries of the world; with their culture, approach to work and things like that.  It was obviously put together by a French company (the "Summary" quote for the United States comes from Baudelaire) and doesn't always have the most competent translation.  For example the first "Golden rule" for working in Colombia:

1 Always favour face-to-fate encounters. 

[mongers]

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For example the first "Golden rule" for working in Colombia:

1 Always avoid face-to-fate encounters. 

If they'd gone that little bit more inaccurate in translation, it would be essential guidance for Columbia. 

[The Brain]

Alstom has a push right now to educate their employees on inclusivity and the like.  They put together a guide to the different countries of the world; with their culture, approach to work and things like that.  It was obviously put together by a French company (the "Summary" quote for the United States comes from Baudelaire) and doesn't always have the most competent translation.  For example the first "Golden rule" for working in Colombia:

1 Always favour face-to-fate encounters. 

[Eddie Teach]

If it's fate, it doesn't matter if you try to avoid it or not.

[Syt]

[crazy canuck]

I thought it was an RPG map

[Eddie Teach]

Iron Maiden is cool, but over Black Sabbath? 

[Maladict]

I'm disappointed the Vatican doesn't have a metal band.