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Most Consecutive hours one can work?
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I was under the impression that only a 10 minute rest period was required for every 3.5 hours; thats the way it has been at every job I've worked. And for every 5 hours you got a 30 minute lunch, unless your shift was under 6 hours long, then you didn't have to take lunch.
I don't know of any specific regulations other than the OSHA [maybe it's Md. OSHA, though] requirement that employees working more than 6 consecutive hours are entitled to a break.
I once worked a 27 hour shift operating a carousel collator, with a couple of 30 min breaks thrown in. If you've every operated such a device, you can imagine the fun.
I once worked a 27 hour shift operating a carousel collator, with a couple of 30 min breaks thrown in. If you've every operated such a device, you can imagine the fun.
You may be right. I've always had 15 minutes breaks, but I think the law only prescribes 10.
As for the lunch thing, I'm not positive about that. I was under the impression that if you worked for more than 5 hours, you had to take a lunch break, whether or not your net work time was under 6 hours.
It really depends on the state you live in.
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Again, your state would really help.
As he already stated, he works in PA as an edu IT.
In Ontario, the Empoyment Standards Act dictates a:
- Daily Limit of 8 hours (or the number of hours in a regular workday)
- Weekly Limit of 48 hours
Any more qualifies for OT, these can be changed by a Ministry approved contract.
You're also entitled to 11 consecutive hours off work each day, as well as 24 consecutive hours off each week or 48 consecutive hours off every two weeks.
You must have a half hour meal break for every 5 hours of work. This must be free of work even if the employer pays you while you are on meal break. Meal breaks may not be counted towards OT. No other breaks are required.
- Daily Limit of 8 hours (or the number of hours in a regular workday)
- Weekly Limit of 48 hours
Any more qualifies for OT, these can be changed by a Ministry approved contract.
You're also entitled to 11 consecutive hours off work each day, as well as 24 consecutive hours off each week or 48 consecutive hours off every two weeks.
You must have a half hour meal break for every 5 hours of work. This must be free of work even if the employer pays you while you are on meal break. Meal breaks may not be counted towards OT. No other breaks are required.
I'd check with your school's HR people, or whomever it is who issues the paychecks. Working 24 straight hours and then being told they can only pay you for 14 or whatever would suck.
Plus trying for 36 straight and then screwing up by dropping PCs or mis-networking them would backfire on you.
I'd try to figure out the time it'll take all of you in hours, then try for 18 on MLK, 8 on Saturday, and the remainder on Sunday. Keep in mind that, if it's a 30-hour job (total), and you do 2 hours on Saturday, 4 hours on Sunday, and 24 on MLK, it'll look really bad.
Plus trying for 36 straight and then screwing up by dropping PCs or mis-networking them would backfire on you.
I'd try to figure out the time it'll take all of you in hours, then try for 18 on MLK, 8 on Saturday, and the remainder on Sunday. Keep in mind that, if it's a 30-hour job (total), and you do 2 hours on Saturday, 4 hours on Sunday, and 24 on MLK, it'll look really bad.
Of course, you (the employee) can chose not to abide by these guidelines and take a longer shift, skip break etc...
But who would do that?
Also, in Ontario, a shift is defined as a minimum of 4 hours. Thus, if you work a shift for less than 4 hours, the employer must pay the employee for at least 4 hours worth.
OP I tried searching (rather lamely I must admit) for PA's labor laws by going to Pennsylvania's Department of Labor & Industry, and I couldn't find much on consecutive shifts. Just about the only thing I could find was information saying that a standard week is 40 hours (duh).
I think as jsw says, your best bet is to speak with HR about this. And make sure you document the conversation somehow so it can't bite you in the butt later.
I think as jsw says, your best bet is to speak with HR about this. And make sure you document the conversation somehow so it can't bite you in the butt later.
Love it.
Definitely should check with the HR folks to make sure.
In some cases, a simple form may need to be filled out before hand.
And you may have been taking short naps of 2-10 seconds by then.
Usually around the 24 hour point, effects start happening. At 36 hours, automatic shutdowns of a few seconds can occur. By 48 hours, this becomes more common.
What's really interesting, is that the person that this is happening to, never remembers. Only those observing them can see.
Holy crap, 39 straight hours! That must have been some storm--what year was that? Thirty-nine straight hours has to win some award, outside of the medical profession.
It was 2, maybe 3 years ago. I had 2 hours sleep the night before... I didn't know I was going out, and watched the beginning of "Wing Commander", and had to watch the end. It ended around midnight, and I got called to go out at 2am. I didn't stop for meals, and I answered natures call next to the truck when I was working. i was a mountain dew-fueled machine. It was ridiculous.
When I went home, finally, I pulled into my driveway, pulled out, pulled back in, and put it into reverse again before I realized something was wrong. I must have changed gears in that truck 5,000 times in that 39 hour period. it was nuts. good money, though.
Unless you are under 18 in PA, there isn't a limit (other than >40 hrs/week = overtime) legally. But as mentioned, your company may not allow it because it would probably go into overtime.
As for me personally, I'm salary, so my longest work day has been 50 consecutive hours.
As for me personally, I'm salary, so my longest work day has been 50 consecutive hours.
Wow, that's an amazing story! Did the hallucinations cause you to pull in and out of your driveway at the end, or were your just too tired to process where you were by that point?
