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'Finger Lady': A Single Digit Conspriacy

There's a strange workplace angle in the case of a woman who went to prison after pleading guilty to falsely reporting that she found a severed finger in her chili.

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A customer service employee is required to be on duty for 22 hours. It’s a long work day for sure, but the employer allows the employee to sleep when not busy. The employer even furnishes facilities for sleeping. Under Fair Labor Standards Act regulations, how much of the employee’s 22-hour shift must be considered working time?

• All of it, except the time the employee spent sleeping.

• All of it, including the time the employee spent sleeping.

• It depends on whether the employee got 4 or more hours of sleep.

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