Definition of 'carpetbagger'. carpetbagger (kÉËÊ³pÉªtbÃ¦gÉÊ³ ) If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
An employer only records and pays for time if employees work in full 15 minute increments. An employee paid $10 per hour is scheduled to work 8 hours a day Monday through Friday, for a total of 40 hours a week. The employee always clocks out 12 minutes after the end of her shift.
Most follow the lead of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Hourly employees are paid on the basis of a 40-hour workweek, which assumes that most will work a five-day consecutive period of eight hours per day. When employees work 10- or 12-hour alternative schedules for less days per week, they are compensated regular pay up to the first 40 hours of work.