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My daughter works as a technician in a theatre. She’s worked there for just over 2 years. She’s been told that she can’t leave the site during her lunch break in case of technical emergencies. She said fine but asked for the lunch hour to be paid as overtime as her contract says it’s unpaid.
They’ve said no because apparently the working time regulations allow for no less than a 20 minute rest break for a shift that lasts longer than 6 hours and doesn’t require the employer to allow the worker to leave site.
We are asking what about the other 40 minutes of her lunch break and if she needs to remain on site but they’re being really uncommunicative. They’ve basically attached conditions to a period of her shift that is unpaid. Can they do that?
They’ve said no because apparently the working time regulations allow for no less than a 20 minute rest break for a shift that lasts longer than 6 hours and doesn’t require the employer to allow the worker to leave site.
We are asking what about the other 40 minutes of her lunch break and if she needs to remain on site but they’re being really uncommunicative. They’ve basically attached conditions to a period of her shift that is unpaid. Can they do that?
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