I was looking throughout the forum and realized that everyone would make reference to an "8-hour shift". Would we count the lunch period as part of that 8-hours, and therefore it would actually be either a 9-hour (1 hour lunch) or a 8.5 hour (30-min lunch). Or do we not count lunch as part of the shift? Or maybe it doesn't really matter? I just want to be sure I am indicating correctly on my spread sheet the FTE shift hours.
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
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November 25, 2013 - 5:13 pm
Nicole, I think this would be based on employer policy. If the 8-hour shift includes a half-hour lunch, then the 8 hours seems to clearly = 1 FTE.If the shift does not include lunch and an employee is present for 8.5 or 9 hours then arguably the FTE number could be larger, although many people leave their place of work for lunch, and in any case it seems a bit of a fine-grained point. I would suggest not overthinking it, or using a common sense interpretation in a situation where the distinction is really crucial.