I always found it so funny how erac operates in Canada. Most of the brass are Americans who've transferred in. Now, please don't think I am knocking Americans with this, because I am not impuning an entire nation of people, just some of them who are with erac. Anyhow, these Americans bring the US-centred corporate culture with them, and that includes legal knowledge, however imperfect. The laws can be remarkably different between countries. For instance, in Ontario employers must provide employees who work an erac day with one half hour lunch and two fifteen minute breaks. Also, a break must be provided for any shift worked for three hours or longer. Think about that! This means that if you work a Saturday and start at 8:30 a.m., you are entitled to a break at 11:30 a.m., which is a half hour before close. The implications for staffing are incredible, in that if employees hung together -- and they won't because the are too afraid or too sheeplike or both -- they could force the company to put two people on shift on Saturdays where normally one person works the Saturday.