Can an employer insist that staff can only take a half-hour break for a 7.5hr shift

Faith177

I do a part time pub job often work 1-9 lucky if I get 15 mins

gunsandbanjos

I work 5pm - 1am with no break.

westv

I'd hate to have to do a job where I didn't get an hour lunch.

Sugar_Coated_Owl

In my local hospital the staff get a 30min break for a 12 hour shift.

MissSarah1972

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

I work 5pm - 1am with no break.

why would you do that?

gunsandbanjos

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!

V_Chic_Chick

I wish I got that much break time! You are, however, entitled to leave your place of work for the duration of break.

MissSarah1972

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!

doesn't lend or they do not allow?

gunsandbanjos

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.

V_Chic_Chick

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.