Jose is an employee of XYZ company. He works regularly from 8 AM to 5 PM. One Monday, he was asked by his supervisor to extend working to 8PM of that day because a power interruption scheduled the next morning was announced. Orders from clients need to be completed. Jose left the office at 8:15 PM. Jose was allowed to have his rest of 15 minutes from 6:00 to 6:15 PM during the extended hours of work. Is the 15-minute short break considered “worked” and shall be paid by the company?

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Jose is an employee of XYZ company. He works regularly from 8 AM to 5 PM. One Monday, he was asked by his supervisor to extend working to 8PM of that day because a power interruption scheduled the next morning was announced. Orders from clients need to be completed. Jose left the office at 8:15 PM. Jose was allowed to have his rest of 15 minutes from 6:00 to 6:15 PM during the extended hours of work. Is the 15-minute short break considered “worked” and shall be paid by the company?
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