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Re: meal breaks

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He's one of us now,on one of them rolling thingies.

His screw is still a.....though.

No mention of a rep in the thread yet,Tap,you got one?
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Re: meal breaks

Post by taptap »

Hi, Well it now seems that we are entitled to a meal break as you all said, my rep was'nt to sure where we stood on the meal breaks. Yes I am RM just a rolling 6 month or 3 month depending what comes through the post.
So it will be interesting to see which way this goes, because some of us have'nt taken a break since we started..though we would have to prove we did'nt I suppose?. :crazy: .
Anyway thanks for all your very positive replys.
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Re: meal breaks

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taptap wrote:.though we would have to prove we did'nt I suppose?. :crazy:
It's going to be difficult because you are not only going to have to prove that you didn't take a break but also that it wasn't your choice not to take/book your break.
If someone decides themselves not to book half an hour's overtime a day for a year they can't just decide after 12 months they want the money back.
That means you are going to have to show that neither your manager or workplace coach if you had one informed you that you were entitled to a break.
You will need the help of your branch but the fact that there are a few in the same boat should also help.
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