Working Hours

Working is a usual part in an adult's life. In general, the working hour may begin as early as 7.30am and ends as late as 10pm. Well, in other cases, the work may ends quite late, perhaps midnight. Then again, it depends on the kind of work that you do.

If you're in a production company (in other words, factory), you either (a) work according to shifts or (b) work according to the prescribed time as set by the company. I have a friend, who is an engineer and he works at odd hour and in shift-basis.

As for me, i am thankful that i am in educational line. I have a flexible working hour system. What the hell does that mean, you say? Well, i say the flexible working hour is a set of system in which you can come to work in between the prescribed period and then you go home 8-hours after you clocked-in for your work.

Okay, here's an illustration: suppose that today, i wanted to start my day at 10pm. Then, the right time for me to go back home is 7pm.

I have been to one educational institution where the working hours are laid down as follows:

Time clock-in Time clock-out
7.30am 4.30pm
9.ooam 6pm
10.00am 7 pm
12.00opm 9pm
2.00pm 10pm

Well, the above time only applied to one particular educational institution. Not all educational institution follows the above time. They might have different times.

Now, in the place where i worked now, the working time is generally stipulated to be 9am and ends at 6pm. But where you have early classes, say 7.45am, then you would have to clocked-in at the very least, 7.30am and they you can go home at 4.30pm. If you stayed longer, and it is because of work, then you may claim "meal allowance", which i will deal with it later. In my new company, i have to complete a minimum of 40-hours per week, and the minimum hours that needs to be completed per day is 5 hours. Meaning to say that, your ass must be on your office chair for at least 5-hours a day. The balance (the remaining 3 hours) will have to be topped-up on any day of the same week. That's a privilege, isn't it? ;-) You only get those privileges if you are in higher educational institution. You won't get it elsewhere, believe me!

Now, here's a case about meal allowance. In my previous workplace, the meal allowance is RM30 per day. But, in order for you to claim for meal allowance, you need to stay at least 3-hours after the stipulated time for clocking-out. Well, i dare say that my previous company is one of kedekut. He he he.

In my workplace, the meal allowance is RM50 per hour and you could only claim for a maximum of five hours per week. Well, RM50 x 5 = RM250 per week! Wow, isn't that a lot, baby? Well, before you can claim, please ensure that your boss knows that you are staying up. If not, then you are doing "charity" work for the company...ha ha ha. And believe me, after sometime, you just wouldn't want to do that!

Again, i wish to remind all that before you proceed with whatever you wanted to do, please check with the company's rules and regulations. Better still, ask your boss.

And again, i am thankful that i am in education line, where our nobility is being appreciated through the flexible working hour system. To those who have fixed working hours, i say: congratulations (and laugh-out-loud, will ya?). He he he...