Advice re Unpaid lunch breaks?

bugslet

As an employer, my view is that if I'm not paying my staff, they are free to go and do whatever they want.

TELLIT01

ohreally, your comment in #11 suggests that you think the other two are giving correct information. I would hope so as one is the government website, and the other ACAS.
Paraphrasing the content, basically somebody is entitled to do what they want in an unpaid break unless there is a Health & Safety issue. That would not seem to apply to being there to handle a customer complaint.

ohreally

TELLIT01 wrote: »

ohreally, your comment in #11 suggests that you think the other two are giving correct information. I would hope so as one is the government website, and the other ACAS.
Paraphrasing the content, basically somebody is entitled to do what they want in an unpaid break unless there is a Health & Safety issue. That would not seem to apply to being there to handle a customer complaint.

I took a random dip into one of the links and found the incorrect info within a few seconds.

As to the veracity of the others, I couldn't comment.

System

How do they cope if you are away from work - such as annual leave, sickness or if you away from the building on other work commitments?

C_Mababejive

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1833/regulation/12/made

[Deleted User]

Do your customers not get breaks?

Turn up the health and safety concern - one company I'd worked at had a lunch sign in and out register moreso after the London tragedy last year when there was a fire.

I go to lunch - I tell myself I've no wish to use the company computer for personal use, I've no desire to stink out a professional work place with my choice of lunch, the job is enough at 35 hours per week when you are on your own and nature of the work albeit fortunately my customers recognise lunch but all companies are different so you are best having it out direct with your employer.

Do you have to do unpaid over time end of day? If this is one of them types of company would lunch working kind of enable you to go on time.