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| redwillowrose |
my boss !!my boss told us today that we are only allowed to have a 30 min lunch break, we usually have an hour ! I think she`d be happy if we said we wouldn`t bother to have one at all.we were all on our way home tonight, and she phoned to ask us to go to clean a house that she`d inspected and found that some other cleaners had hardly cleaned it at all , it took us 2 hours , and we didn`t get home till 6.30.as we are picked up at 8 in the morning it made it a very long day, especially with only a 30 min break. I cant wait to get another job ! |
| Libby |
Thats awful. Isn't there a law about breaks you have to have 15 mins for every so many hours worked?? |
| redwillowrose |
I`ll try to find out, but I think she has her own laws ! |
| lloyd |
The legal minimum requirement is 30 minutes unpaid. |
| redwillowrose |
It wouldn`t be so bad if she had told everyone else, but she hasn`t , most of them are still having an hour ! today we didn`t get our break until 1.30, and we are cleaning without a break from 9 am, |
| lloyd |
Constructive dismissal perhaps?................................. 
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| redwillowrose |
watch this space ......................... 
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| Kathy |
http://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/workingtime.htm
This tells you the minimum entitlement, 20 mns for 6 hrs not taken at the beginning or the end of a shift. Your lunch break entitlement should be in your employee contract and whether it's a paid break or not. What's in your contract for lunch is your legal entitlement and different companies have different allowances. Hope this helps. 
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| redwillowrose |
I would just like to say that my new employers are brilliant ! I get a 15 min break if I work 4 hrs ! and if I work 8 hrs, I get two 15 min breaks, and a half an hour for lunch, all paid. I wish I`d got this job years ago
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| Becki |
So glad things have worked out for you Rwr x |
| Kathy |
That's good then RWR, seems like you've landed on your feet there.
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| TheGirlsMum |
Makes a difference. |
| Lizzie |
Gosh doesn't it though? When I was much younger, I used to work for a bloke I really didn't get on with - it wasn't unusual for me to drive home crying! I don't think he'd have that effect on me now but even so, the relief when I left there was huge!
Glad things are working out well for you
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| Cabbagepatch |
Great news rwr, really really pleased for you
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