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twobags
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break times [Urgent]

Post by twobags »

Silly Question but one i need to ask how much time for lunch do you get per day on a 26/27 hour contract , :d'oh!
fishtank
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Re: break times [Urgent]

Post by fishtank »

Depends how many hours a day you work twobags....

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twobags
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Re: break times [Urgent]

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varies between 5 1/2 to 6 i.e 9 to 3 etc some days a bit less

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fishtank
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Re: break times [Urgent]

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Would be 30 mins then. :nana
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twobags
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Re: break times [Urgent]

Post by twobags »

ta fishtank and how and when is the break taken i.e 15 mins x 2 or 30 mins x 1 :hmmmm is it set in stone
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Re: break times [Urgent]

Post by fishtank »

You shouldn't really be able to split a 30 min break but i know some guys would rather take 20 before they leave the office and keep 10 in the bank for later.
If you're calling it your main break 20 mins is the minimum you can take.
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newtimes
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Re: break times [Urgent]

Post by newtimes »

What happens when you do over time, say normal duty time is 4 hours but you work an extra hour, do you get an other 10 mins added to your break time. :d'oh!
fishtank
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Re: break times [Urgent]

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newtimes wrote:What happens when you do over time, say normal duty time is 4 hours but you work an extra hour, do you get an other 10 mins added to your break time. :d'oh!
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5. MEAL BREAKS

Conditioned attendances extended by overtime (or by SA on Sunday) consecutive with the beginning or end will attract additional breaks if the entitlement for the total attendance (overtime plus conditioned hours), in the table above, is greater than the breaks already scheduled during the conditioned attendance. For example, an 8 hour conditioned attendance with 4 hours overtime would attract an extra 20 minutes (i.e. 60 minus 40). In most cases, particularly if the additional break is for only 10 minutes, it should be taken between the period of overtime and the normal conditioned attendance.

So yes.
If your normal duty is 6 hrs but you do 2 hrs overtime you get the Meal Break for an 8hr attendance.
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newtimes
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Re: break times [Urgent]

Post by newtimes »

fishtank wrote:
newtimes wrote:What happens when you do over time, say normal duty time is 4 hours but you work an extra hour, do you get an other 10 mins added to your break time. :d'oh!
Way Forward
5. MEAL BREAKS

Conditioned attendances extended by overtime (or by SA on Sunday) consecutive with the beginning or end will attract additional breaks if the entitlement for the total attendance (overtime plus conditioned hours), in the table above, is greater than the breaks already scheduled during the conditioned attendance. For example, an 8 hour conditioned attendance with 4 hours overtime would attract an extra 20 minutes (i.e. 60 minus 40). In most cases, particularly if the additional break is for only 10 minutes, it should be taken between the period of overtime and the normal conditioned attendance.

So yes.
If your normal duty is 6 hrs but you do 2 hrs overtime you get the Meal Break for an 8hr attendance.
Thank you fishtank, more knowledge past on, I have been giving free work to RM again. :arrrghhh