Is It Legal to Work Slightly Over 20 Hours??

[Contronym]

I'm from the US (Texas) and I'm currently studying in Quebec. I'm on a student visa and I can work 20 hours per week. I'm scheduled with 5 and a half hour shifts across four days. I have the option to take a 30 minute unpaid lunch to make it 5 hours per day, but I choose to take a paid 15 minute break instead, so my total work time ends up being around 22 hours per week instead of 20. Is it okay or is it illegal and I need to adjust my hours?

EDIT: Also, my boss tells us to NOT log off our computer before our end shift time. I work in a call center, so if I get a call right before my shift ends, I must take it and sometimes end up working a few minutes over the clock so no matter what, I'm usually 20.5 hours per week if I don't opt for the 15 minute break over the lunch. Is that illegal? Does it have to be EXACTLY 20 hours?

 

[scylla]

Anything above 20 hours a week is illegal work and means you're in violation of the terms of your study permit. So no - definitely not OK.

Yes - it has to be EXACTLY 20 hours or less.

You need to adjust your hours immediately. Where you are from is immaterial.

 

[Contronym]

Anything above 20 hours a week is illegal work and means you're in violation of the terms of your study permit. So no - definitely not OK.

Yes - it has to be EXACTLY 20 hours or less.

You need to adjust your hours immediately. Where you are from is immaterial.

Okay, so I'm going to start taking a 30 minute lunch then to make it 20 hours per week. I'm not supposed to clock out if I'm on a call which is why I could be working for 10 minutes or so after my shift is supposed to end. Should I start clocking out, even if I'm on a call, to try to make it EXACTLY 20 hours? Or is a few minutes over okay?

I'm going to contact the border directly for this, but was wanting answers now to ease my nerves. I don't want this to adversely affect my record with the Canadian government as I plan to immigrate here.

 

[ravie.92]

NO it is not legal to work for more than 20 hours ,not even 20 hours 1 minute.

 

[brahmaji]

that should not be a major issue ,if you are being payed for 20hours only,thats what your SIN records

if u are being payed for 22 hours its problem.

to what i understand 5 and half hours is ur work time out of which 30 minutes in unpayed.
so if u jest take 15 minutes u still get payed same , but working more.