15min break for 7/8 hour shifts?(PIC OF NOTE FROM EMPLOYER)

PaurGasm

I study a module called Employment Law and was shocked to see the how my boss was blatantly ignoring the Working Time Act...I'm not going to go into the details of the Act but I know it is:

Break Time

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Hours worked
15mins

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4hrs
30mins

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6hrs

I just need conformation that this "memo" left by my employer is clearly breaking the law as ALL staff work at least 7 or 8 hour shifts!

Bandana boy

Is there a morning break earlier in the day ?

If so that accounts for your 30 mins and employer is fully compliant

MissFlitworth

It seems like they're saying that tea breaks are only supposed to be 15 minutes long & if you're taking longer it will be docked. So the notice itself isn't breaking the law (although I dunno about the legality of deducting the extra time from your holidays). If you're only getting a 15 minute break on a 7-8 hour shift then that is illegal but separate from that notice I would have thought

Rest period info from here

petersburg2002

If its just the one 15min break, then he is breaking the law. Otherwise see below:

http://www.employmentrights.ie/en/informationforemployees/workinghours/

.E_C_K_S.

LOL @ "Also staff members are not aloud use their mobile phones"

Eoin

PaurGasm wrote: »

I just need conformation that this "memo" left by my employer is clearly breaking the law as ALL staff work at least 7 or 8 hour shifts!

You can get some opinions here - and some well informed ones usually - but do not use this forum as a legal reference.

Edit: another thread in the legal discussion forum