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Your 8 hour shift, simplified.
Welcome to this guide for managing your workday. We use the Sandwich Shift model to keep work timing flexible, simple, and compliant with daily work rules.
🥪 The Sandwich Shift Concept
Think of your daily schedule like a sandwich made up of two work blocks and a lunch break in the middle:
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Top Bun – Work Block A (Paid): The start of your shift. A single work block can never exceed 5 hours.
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Sandwich Filling – Lunch (Unpaid): Your mandatory 45-minute unpaid lunch break.
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Bottom Bun – Work Block B (Paid): The second half of your shift. Total paid work time across both blocks cannot exceed 8 hours.
🎯 The Flexible Lunch Window
You have flexibility in choosing when to take your lunch break, as long as it falls within the compliance window:
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Earliest Start: After working 3 hours.
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Latest Start: Before reaching 5 hours of continuous work.
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Duration: Exactly 45 minutes.
Rule to Remember: No single work block (before or after lunch) may ever exceed 5 hours.
⭐ The Golden Rules
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Total Work Limit: Total paid work cannot exceed 8 hours per day.
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Lunch Duration: Lunch breaks must be 45 minutes.
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Lunch Window: Lunch must start after 3 hours of work and before 5 hours of work.
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Shift Total: A full standard schedule equals 7 hours 45 minutes of paid work time plus a 45-minute unpaid lunch break (8 hours 30 minutes total shift time).