meal break

[stupidboy]

hello all, can anyone please clarify an issue regarding meal breaks. on a weekday full timers duties are 8 hr 15 minutes so the meal break is 40 minutes. if a postman/woman extends delivery by 45 minutes making 9 hours then surely there meal break should now be 50 minutes. our DOM is saying that in these circumstances you can only have 40 minutes as it goes on your duty hours and not the hours you work.
any advise please,thanks very much

[wiganpostie]

If he isn't playing ball then don't work extended hours - it's you who is doing him a favour by working over, so if he isn't going to reciprocate then let him take it out himself or get one of his pets to do it, and it'll cost him a lot more.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

hello all, can anyone please clarify an issue regarding meal breaks. on a weekday full timers duties are 8 hr 15 minutes so the meal break is 40 minutes. if a postman/woman extends delivery by 45 minutes making 9 hours then surely there meal break should now be 50 minutes. our DOM is saying that in these circumstances you can only have 40 minutes as it goes on your duty hours and not the hours you work.
any advise please,thanks very much

from the way forward agreement: http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 36&t=11941" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



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.