meal breaks

[BingBong]

Hi all, just a quick question regarding meal breaks?.
I'm currently on a 25 hours a week contract, am I allowed a meal break? , manager says that if I take a break of 20 mins I have to work 20 mins extra.
Any ideas?.

Im on 25 hours. In my contract it says meal breaks included. So yes if your contract is the same. Have a look at it. Its somewhere near where it says your minimum hours.

[BingBong]

Hi all, just a quick question regarding meal breaks?.
I'm currently on a 25 hours a week contract, am I allowed a meal break? , manager says that if I take a break of 20 mins I have to work 20 mins extra.
Any ideas?.

tell him he's a prick and you have rung the bullying and harressment hotline over the matter.

[demon]

you must have worked at least 2 hours before taking a break or been told to take on but if your duty says 2pm finish then you finish at 2 pm still

[BingBong]

you must have worked at least 2 hours before taking a break or been told to take on but if your duty says 2pm finish then you finish at 2 pm still

I take 20 mins in morning and 20 mins at the end. But that's only if I start at 7 on overtime. If im doing 5 hours. I take 20 mins at the end.

[WornOutPosty]

Shouldn't really take it at the end

[BingBong]

Shouldn't really take it at the end

not quite sure where im meant to take it if i start at 9am and am out the door on delivery at 9.30am? what do i do? walk back to the office at 12 and then walk back out again after 20 mins??

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Shouldn't really take it at the end

not quite sure where im meant to take it if i start at 9am and am out the door on delivery at 9.30am? what do i do? walk back to the office at 12 and then walk back out again after 20 mins??

I take mine out on delivery at a Cafe - cant see the point of having a break after the easiest part of my working day, I split the physically active part. I even try to have it around lunch time as well stops me messing up my body clock. If the Union,colleagues or RM get arsey about it I will take the full break before I go out, but I think as long as people take a break,as far as possible when they take it should be up to them. But I would not support using it to finish early.

[eastie]

The 20 mins meal relief at my office is taken by most at 7am which to me is plain daft although I refused and have it after I have bagged up .
The DOM was so weak because the early unpaid starters/runners didn't want it after 8am .

[fng]

Any ideas?.

Chin the c***?

I have read lots and lots of advice on this site, some good and some not so, very much mostly good, but all of it quite detailed and robust in it's content.

However, never has a problem been summed up and answered as fully and concisely, yet made up from as few letters as this.

[taptap]

So I have been working since Feb this year and not taken a break lol, and when I've asked about it I'm told we dont qualify for 1. Even my colleauge who started with me says were not entitled to one.And have been told on 17th that our hours are being cut to 24 a week which means we have to start 12mins a day later...

[gb93]

There is your thanks for all your free work you gave RM
Are you going to start taking your break now ?

[taptap]

Yes I will

[POSTMAN]

Didn't we have something like this before,someone owed hrs/money due to a rouge screw.

If the w****r is adamant (not the pop star dude,as this prick is deffo not charming) that you are not entitled to a break,and this has been going on as long as you say it has been,then you are entitled to some serious back pay.

If you push it,you and your mate are in the money.

[POSTMAN]

And PS:Any managers care to comment?

[clashcityrocker]

If his hours are being cut, then I presume he isn't a RM employee.
If he is a casual, all the advice about his meal relief might not be correct.