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Can an employer insist that staff can only take a half-hour break for a 7.5hr shift
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I do a part time pub job often work 1-9 lucky if I get 15 mins
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I work 5pm - 1am with no break.The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.Bertrand Russell0
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I'd hate to have to do a job where I didn't get an hour lunch.0
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In my local hospital the staff get a 30min break for a 12 hour shift.-->♥<-- Sugar Coated Owl -->♥<--
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why would you do that?gunsandbanjos wrote: »I work 5pm - 1am with no break.0 -
MissSarah1972 wrote: »why would you do that?
Because I don't get a chance for a break. The type of work I do doesn't lend itself to sitting around mid shift for half an hour!The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.Bertrand Russell0 -
I wish I got that much break time! You are, however, entitled to leave your place of work for the duration of break.0
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doesn't lend or they do not allow?gunsandbanjos wrote: »Because I don't get a chance for a break. The type of work I do doesn't lend itself to sitting around mid shift for half an hour!0 -
MissSarah1972 wrote: »doesn't lend or they do not allow?
Bit of both to be honest, can't imagine they would be best pleased if I naffed off at 8.30 on a Saturday night for a half hour break leaving a section full of tables with no one looking after them.The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.Bertrand Russell0 -
gunsandbanjos wrote: »Bit of both to be honest, can't imagine they would be best pleased if I naffed off at 8.30 on a Saturday night for a half hour break leaving a section full of tables with no one looking after them.
That's their own business - they need to have enough staff on that each section can be covered when their waitress goes off on their break. It's a legal requirement for good reasons, not a perk that can be given and taken away on the whim of your supervisor.
I've had this conversation with my employer (I'm also waitressing atm), made it entirely clear that I wasn't going to work without a break, and I have got my break every shift since.0
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