Hi there guys.
So about three weeks ago, I started a new job as Deputy Manager of a small stationary store in Bath, in the South West.
I was looking forward to it until I asked on my trial how breaks work, as I will (and am currently) be working alone in the store. I was told that we have to bring lunch and try and eat when it's quiet. Now, usually this is possible - with the odd customer coming in during me trying to eat my apple, but on the weekends, it's really hard to do it.
So I went and had a look online, turns out, if I am right, that I am entitled to a TWENTY MINUTE UNINTERRUPTED BREAK for working anything over six and a half hours?
My question, as a result of this, is does this count as uninterrupted? I really don't feel it is, I really don't feel it's fair, and being a Type 1 Diabetic, I really don't feel it's going to end well for my health.
Further more, during the interview and trial, they didn't actually ask me once if I had a disability or considered myself to have one. Only when I'd been there for about a week, they asked me to fill in the application form, so that they could pay me, only on there does it ask (As you would expect)
I just feel we should be allowed to close for 20 minutes during a quiet period of the day, to get out of the shop and get a breather.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
So about three weeks ago, I started a new job as Deputy Manager of a small stationary store in Bath, in the South West.
I was looking forward to it until I asked on my trial how breaks work, as I will (and am currently) be working alone in the store. I was told that we have to bring lunch and try and eat when it's quiet. Now, usually this is possible - with the odd customer coming in during me trying to eat my apple, but on the weekends, it's really hard to do it.
So I went and had a look online, turns out, if I am right, that I am entitled to a TWENTY MINUTE UNINTERRUPTED BREAK for working anything over six and a half hours?
My question, as a result of this, is does this count as uninterrupted? I really don't feel it is, I really don't feel it's fair, and being a Type 1 Diabetic, I really don't feel it's going to end well for my health.
Further more, during the interview and trial, they didn't actually ask me once if I had a disability or considered myself to have one. Only when I'd been there for about a week, they asked me to fill in the application form, so that they could pay me, only on there does it ask (As you would expect)
I just feel we should be allowed to close for 20 minutes during a quiet period of the day, to get out of the shop and get a breather.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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