17 year lunch breaks

mrs_lds

If my daughter does an 8 hour day 9 till 5 as a saturday job is she only entitled to a half hour break?
This is with a well known high street store

Masomnia

That's the legal minimum yep.

ohreally

She is entitled to 30 minutes if the shift lasts more than 4.5 hours.

Jsnb88

Is half an hour not long enough?

lincroft1710

17 year lunch breaks

I think 17 years is a bit excessive for a lunch break

Tom99

Maybe if she worked til 5:30 she can have an hour for lunch. I would prefer a 1/2 hour lunch and leave at 5pm.

touch*my*food*feel*myfork

she is entitled to a 30min unpaid break if working more than a 6 hour shift

PasturesNew

For adults it's 20 minutes after a 6 hour shift.

For 17 year olds it's 30 minutes after a 4½ hour shift.

So long as she has her 30 minutes starting no later than 1.30pm it's legal.

If that doesn't happen you have to look at whether that was a one off, or if the boss is actually a tyrant/breaking the law from arrogance.

But, 30 minutes is legal. She benefits from not having to go the full 6 hours before getting that break and it being a bit longer.

Some industries/jobs are exempt from these rules.

https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work/young-workers

mrs_lds

We used to get a 1 hour break for working 8 hours, this was 30 odd ywars ago thanks everyone

ohreally

touch*my*food*feel*myfork wrote: »

she is entitled to a 30min unpaid break if working more than a 6 hour shift

You do realise young persons arrangements differ from an adult employee?

ohreally

PasturesNew wrote: »

She benefits from not having to go the full 6 hours before getting that break and it being a bit longer.

If a shift lasts more than, then a break is required, not after 6 hours though, and it must not be taken at the beginning or end of the shift.