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Workers have the right to one uninterrupted 20 minute rest break during their working day, if they work more than 6 hours a day. This could be a tea or lunch break.
Making up for missed rest. By law (The Working Time Regulations 1998), employees and workers have the right to the following rest: during the working day – 20-minute rest break if they're expected to work more than 6 hours during the day. between working days – 11 hours' rest between finishing work and starting work.
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers.
If you work for more than 6 hours a day, you’re entitled to an uninterrupted rest break of at least 20 minutes - for example a tea or lunch break. You must be allowed to take it during the day rather than at the beginning or end.
What breaks am I entitled to under the working time regulations? The Working Time Regulations 1998 state the following provision for rest breaks at work and time off: Rest breaks at work....
A note on rest periods and rest breaks under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833), including information on workers' entitlements, exemptions and enforcement.
Law on Rest Breaks from Work. Workers who work more than six (6) hours a day have the right to one ‘uninterrupted’ twenty (20) minute rest break during their normal working day. As a rule, the short resting period allows workers to take a tea break or have their lunch break. Many employees get paid for this particular downtime at the workplace.
