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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For my work, it's not 8 hours, it's 8.5.

I think it depends on your workplace, but my agency has flexible start and stop times, but no freedom to take long breaks in the middle of the day (other than your 15 min breaks and lunch).We aren't allowed to take "quick errands" without taking annual leave. I had a coworker who wanted to take an hour break daily at 9am to take his kids to school and HR disallowed it. They said he couldn't make up the time later and would need to take an hour of annual leave daily.

Talking to your boss= work.[/quote]

+1  I work in state government, where a professional work day is 8.5 hours, which is 8 hours of work (with two 15 minutes paid breaks) and a 30-minute unpaid lunch. I have not worked in an agency as strict as the PP describes, but have worked in places where you were required to take the 30-minute unpaid lunch and had to use leave if you left the office after only 8 hours.

I currently work a part-time schedule of 32 hours per week. My 32 hours is 32 hours actually working. I am happy to have the flexibility to work part-time, so I am disciplined about making sure my reported hours reflect time actually worked. [/quote]

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