Comment on Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks?
urquell@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Dutch law describes a mandatory break of 30 minutes (or 2 15 minute breakes) if a working day is longer that 5.5 hours. Break is not work, thus not payed.
j4k3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This neglects that the breaks are not free time spent as desired and is entirely constrained to the circumstances of employment. You would not eat or do the same tasks in the timespan. Therefore it is not your time and should be compensated for. Like owning a vehicle, you still own it even when you are not driving it or it is broken down. Pretending ownership is only limited to the time the vehicle is in gear and moving is delusional logic for any such pro slavery State. Employment must include far more ethical responsibly than this.
FierySpectre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Using that logic this includes commuting, as that is also not free time spent as desired.