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BigD,
I see your point, but the fact that they do not have there own vehicle makes no difference in my opinion. Reason being, it is the law that you give your workers a break if working longer then 8 hrs. Second, the employees are not producing during there lunch break and therefore why should we or the customer be paying for there lunch. If you think about it, by paying them for the lunch break, you are basically buying them lunch everyday. I care for my employees, but at the end of the day it is a business and I do not feel it is a wise business decision. Look at it like this, I don't know where you are located, but if you have 6 employees that work 5 days a week and 10 months out of the year would have 200 days of production per employee. If you pay them 1/2 hr per day that would be 100 hrs per year per employee that you are paying for non production. Take that number and multiply it by 6 guys and obviously you get 600 hrs.
Now, I don't know about you, but I have enough inefficiencies to pay for throughout the year to not add another $1200-$2000 per employee. You take that with all the other unseen employee breaks throughout the year and you are bleeding money.
The fact is that the employee should be informed of the mandatory unpaid lunches before you hire them. If they choose to work for you, then that is there decision. I go as far as telling my guys they have to pack lunch or buy it before they get to work. There is no leaving the job site for lunch and/or snacks.
JMO
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Matt
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