Originally Posted by
^OPM^
basically to sum it up as it is in an 8 hour shift starting at 6 am i get a tea break at 9am till 9.10pm then a lunch break at 12-12.20 pm.
I don't personally think that's legal but that's my opinion. I base it on the following...
In my old job I worked 10-6 nights. Sometimes we would be forced into 4 hours overtime (flexi-contract), thus working 6-6 nights. Now our first break would be at 9.35pm-9.55pm and supposedly include time to pack equipment away, go through several security checks, clean up and actually sit down. Then the next break would be at 3.00am-3.30am, again with the above palarva to deal with. So 9 hours into a shift before your "normal" 30 minute break you'd get on the 8 hour 10-6 shift. They were just inside the law as the first break was 20 minutes regardless of the fannying about required to even make it into the canteen area.
If they are legal, I bet it's only just
