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break entitlement at work
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bit of a random question but can anyone provide me with a website stating the legal break entitlement for at work in relation to hours worked
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The only rule is that anyone who works more than 6 hours in a shift is entitled to a 20 minute (unpaid) break. It's not even 'twenty minutes every 6 hours', so someone who works a 12 hour shift is still only entitled to one 20 minute break:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/Employment/Employees/ WorkingHoursAndTimeOff/WorkingHoursAndTimeOffA rticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=10029451&chk=pR1H4%2B
Chris
The only rule is that anyone who works more than 6 hours in a shift is entitled to a 20 minute (unpaid) break. It's not even 'twenty minutes every 6 hours', so someone who works a 12 hour shift is still only entitled to one 20 minute break:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/Employment/Employees/ WorkingHoursAndTimeOff/WorkingHoursAndTimeOffA rticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=10029451&chk=pR1H4%2B
Chris