Contract hours

[mbutter1]

Does the quote below indicate I should be paid for lunch breaks or not?

"The Employee’s Hours of work will be between 9.00am and 17.30pm including half hour for lunch. The employee will be required to work from Monday to Friday inclusive"

[TonyV]

IMO not. It says "including lunch". Never had a job where I was paid for lunch break

[evil__sheep]

how many hours does your contract state you will do PW?

[mbutter1]

This is the full paragraph

Hours of work:
Minimum 40 hours per week. The Employee’s Hours of work will be between 9.00am and 17.30pm including half hour for lunch. The employee will be required to work from Monday to Friday inclusive. The employer reserves the right to change the employee's start and finish times.

The manager will be required to work Saturdays as required payment is incorporated into the management salary scale

Thanks for your help

[boxtops]

That means (IMO) that you are doing a 5 day week, 8 hours per day = 40 hours. 9am-5.30pm = 8.5 hours. Very few people get paid for their lunch breaks (which is why in organisations like hours, where so many people work through their lunch and eat at their desks, we're actually working more hours that we are contracted for).

[boxtops]

^ours

[evil__sheep]

yep, that all indicates to me you don't get paid for your lunch break

[Electrochem]

As has been said, 09:00 to 17:30 equates to and 8.5 hour day. Knock the 30 minute lunch off and you end up with 8.0 hours per day.

[factor-fiction]

I can't think of any reason why an employer would want to pay staff for their lunch breaks

[fatbarman]

Wow - lucky me - spent many happy years with an employer, where my breaks (longer than statutory requirements) were included in my paid hours :))).

Unfortunately, for the OP, I read the contract quoted in the same way as other respondents.