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Break entitlement for a 10 hour shift

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  • 01-04-2010 8:45pm
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    phantom60
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭


    I searched and searched and can't find the answer to this anywhere.
    Can anyone tell me the minimum break I'm entitled to get for a 10-hour shift ?

    Also, is there a minimum break I'm obliged to take ?

    Thanks in advance.


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    #2
    wmpdd3
    Registered Users Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    This is the only piece of law regulating breaks:

    http://www.employmentrights.ie/en/media/Workingtimeact.pdf

    and it doesn't give 10 hr shifts as such but the bear minimum seems to be 45 mins. (15 after 4 1/2 hrs and 30 m ins after 6 hrs work).

    Where I work it's 10 hrs unpaid and 1/2 hr paid. (Retail)

    depending on the sector you work in there maybe a LRC recommendation that supersedes the working time directive.


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    #3
    phantom60
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭phantom60


    Thanks wmpdd3


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