• Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    That sounds like a toxic-work-culture thing that I’m faaaar too European to understand. I’m off for a two hour lunch, don’t text me

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      It’s been years since I’ve eaten food away from my desk. And God forbid I should forget to bring food and need to run downstairs for sixteen seconds to purchase something. That’s truly one of the seven deadly sins.

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        Is a proper meal period with rest not guaranteed by law?

        Or is it, but it’s hard to fight for it because the workplace culture is shaped differently?

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          I’m in the state of Georgia: no provision for breaks are given at all.

          I used to live in the UK: I think the rule was employers are required to give 30 mins per 10 hours worked, cannot be in the first or last hour.

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            I’m in the state of Georgia: no provision for breaks are given at all.

            Oh man that’s brutal.

            I used to live in the UK: I think the rule was employers are required to give 30 mins per 10 hours worked, cannot be in the first or last hour.

            Yeah here in Switzerland it’s similar to the UK rule. Any shift longer than 6 hours needs to be interrupted by an unpaid but uninterrupted break of at least 30min for eating, such that there isn’t more than a 6 hour continuous work period on either side of the break, IIRC.

            Our standard for full-time employment is 8.4h per day. (That’s a bit high in comparison to neighboring countries). It’s very usual that you get your eating break somewhere between 11:30-13:30 o’clock, maybe on rotation with coworkers if you need to keep the phones staffed.

            In my office job we all go together from around 11:45 to 12:45.