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  • Mint1955
    Mint1955 Posts: 685 Forumite
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    Thank you all times have changed and not for the better.
    Living the dream and retired in Cyprus :j

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  • ohreally
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    AP007 wrote: »
    Yeah the laws states you have to take 20 mins break for any work done over the 6 hours and it has to be taken in the middle of the shift - not at the beginning or end


    The regulation simply provides for a break to be available.
    Don’t be a can’t, be a can.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    ohreally wrote: »
    The regulation simply provides for a break to be available.
    It does? Not 20 minutes?
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  • ohreally
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    Mint1955 wrote: »
    Thank you all times have changed and not for the better.

    Indeed, I had better terms of service many, many years ago compared to what is provided for nowadays.

    Sign of the times i'm afraid.
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  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    ohreally wrote: »
    Sign of the times i'm afraid.
    More like the type of company& job
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  • PasturesNew
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    Mint1955 wrote: »
    Thank you all times have changed and not for the better.
    The problem comes from a law that was intended to protect those with bad employers .... but, by setting it in law it then becomes 'the standard' for all greedy bosses.
  • paddedjohn
    paddedjohn Posts: 7,512 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    The problem comes from a law that was intended to protect those with bad employers .... but, by setting it in law it then becomes 'the standard' for all greedy bosses.



    Couldn't agree more. Same goes for the minimum wage, before this was law people were paid their worth but now its treated as a target to start people on, I and many people I know were earning far more in the 80's than we are now.
    Be Alert..........Britain needs lerts.
  • theoretica
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    However, the majority of sandwich shops are not busy for 10.5 hours non-stop but still need to be manned, so I would expect he will find there are more breaks from working despite needing to be on site.
    But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,
    Had the whole of their cash in his care.
    Lewis Carroll
  • PasturesNew
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    theoretica wrote: »
    However, the majority of sandwich shops are not busy for 10.5 hours non-stop but still need to be manned, so I would expect he will find there are more breaks from working despite needing to be on site.
    When it's not busy he'll have cleaning to do. Restocking the supplies, getting more bags, wiping down the tops, emptying the bins, wiping the floor, clearing the inside/outside of debris and dropped wrappings, checking/replenishing menus, wiping down tables if they have them inside/outside, wiping down the countertop, replenishing serviettes and condiments, wiping the fridges inside/out .... 1001 other jobs that need doing.
  • LittleVoice
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    AP007 wrote: »
    It does? Not 20 minutes?

    Ohreally was pointing out that the break has to be allowed not that it you "have to take" it. Also of course the break can be more than 20 minutes if the employer provides for this (or the worker is young).
    Whilst it should not be close to the beginning or end of a shift, it does not have to be absolutely in the middle of the time.
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