You may be reading this article on a “break” during your workday. To the extent that you are paid by the hour (and not just billing by the hour), the Fair Labor Standards Act and its regulations govern whether you are to be paid for that break. In Perez v. American Future Systems, No. 12-6171 (Dec. 16, 2015) (Restrepo, J), the court found that an employer must always pay employees for breaks of 20 minutes or less under the act.
Time Off the Computer Is Unpaid
Progressive Business Publications creates and sells business information publications. Its sales representatives work at call centers in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey, according to the opinion. The sales representatives, working at the call centers, log on to Progressive’s computer system upon arrival at work and, throughout the day, make outbound sales calls, document the results of the calls and perform various other tasks at Progressive’s direction. The company’s policy is to pay sales representatives “only … for the time that they are logged into the timekeeping system,” the opinion said.
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