lunch break law ? yey or ney ?

[waterhog]

working through lunch - never off duty pressure - metro 19.09.17




　




we are all being squeezed




every business is competing




will the pressure be eased




my lunch break gets no sweetening.




you have got your load




it may not be reachable




staying late makes you explode




by choice a working lunch makes you liable.




your boss does not care




they just want profit on the sheet




complaining about enthusiasm will spare




its called manipulation through deceit.




jumping with pleasure




this news paper build me like lego




never off duty here but no pressure




in bed in early hours i cruse metro.

[Crimson Dynamo]

half hour is fine, 2 tea breaks a day 5 mins each. Work on a sunday. One day off a week. Get Britain working again.

:thumbs:

[Niamh.]

An hour lunch break for me, absolutely no weekend work :hee:

[Marsh.]

half hour is fine, 2 tea breaks a day 5 mins each. Work on a sunday. One day off a week. Get Britain working again.

:thumbs:

Nobody can afford to pay their workers as it is.

And if we're working Sundays, which one is our day off?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Nobody can afford to pay their workers as it is.

And if we're working Sundays, which one is our day off?

Saturday - 4 days off a month is perfectly fine, if people were honest most dont even know what to do most sundays. Get the kids in school Sunday too to learn about budgeting, how to live in relationships and helping the elderly.

[Kizzy]

half hour is fine, 2 tea breaks a day 5 mins each. Work on a sunday. One day off a week. Get Britain working again.

:thumbs:

Yeah take us back to 1917!

:thumbs:

[Niamh.]

Saturday - 4 days off a month is perfectly fine, if people were honest most dont even know what to do most sundays. Get the kids in school Sunday too to learn about budgeting, how to live in relationships and helping the elderly.

Speak for yourself, I know exactly how to relax and enjoy my time off. Infact I think we all should have 3 day weekends

[user104658]

Saturday - 4 days off a month is perfectly fine, if people were honest most dont even know what to do most sundays. Get the kids in school Sunday too to learn about budgeting, how to live in relationships and helping the elderly.

Work/life balance and an appropriate amount of rest and relaxation time has been pretty conclusively proven to increase productivity, while overworking reduces it. I'd have thought you would know that, LT... it's pretty basic business economics. Maybe a Uni refresher course would help you?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Work/life balance and an appropriate amount of rest and relaxation time has been pretty conclusively proven to increase productivity, while overworking reduces it. I'd have thought you would know that, LT... it's pretty basic business economics. Maybe a Uni refresher course would help you?

working 6 days in a coal mine yes

sitting on your arse moving a mouse no

[Kizzy]

working 6 days in a coal mine yes

sitting on your arse moving a mouse no

You don't need a home or family life if you work in an office, only manual workers are entitled to spend time with their partners and/or children?
Work related stress in not possible anywhere else than a coal mine ( of which there are now none)

[Crimson Dynamo]

You don't need a home or family life if you work in an office, only manual workers are entitled to spend time with their partners and/or children?
Work related stress in not possible anywhere else than a coal mine ( of which there are now none)

well we could start a trial with teachers and then go on to council workers

tackle to problem areas one after the other

[user104658]

working 6 days in a coal mine yes

sitting on your arse moving a mouse no

Incorrect, in fact mental fatigue decreases productivity even more than physical fatigue. A person doing heavy manual labour (assuming they are fit to be doing it, and are doing it correctly and not injuring themselves) will see their body adjust to the amount of physical activity required of it (thus, the more hours spent doing it, the easier the job becomes).

Mental fatigue results in apathy, brain-fog and "autopilot mode" and significantly decreases human resource productivity per hour of manual labour. And yet, the companies have to pay for more hours... the result being a HIGHER cost to the company per hour of work.

I hope you're not planning on branching out into a larger business LT, you won't last very long :nono:.

[user104658]

Also the idea of opening up schools on a Sunday is hilarious even if you take all of that other stuff out of the equation... the government can't bloody fund schools adequately as it is! LT's solution: "Let's go from 5 days to 6 and instantly add 20% to school budgeting requirements!" :clap1:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Also the idea of opening up schools on a Sunday is hilarious even if you take all of that other stuff out of the equation... the government can't bloody fund schools adequately as it is! LT's solution: "Let's go from 5 days to 6 and instantly add 20% to school budgeting requirements!" :clap1:

any excuse to avoid hard work i see TS


:rolleyes:

[Marsh.]

Saturday - 4 days off a month is perfectly fine, if people were honest most dont even know what to do most sundays. Get the kids in school Sunday too to learn about budgeting, how to live in relationships and helping the elderly.
They're boring people with no home life or hobbies. :hehe:

It's time some people realised there's more to life than work. :smug:

[DemolitionRed]

I know plenty of people in the care industry that work from 7:30 to 20:00 without a break. They have their coffee and lunch/dinner whilst on the go which isn't ideal. Such workers normally get minimum wage salaries. I don't know how they do it but think its a case of needs must.

As for needs must, has anyone else noticed the sudden drop in staff in supermarkets and large shops. Even Waitrose has radically reduced its staff. Food prices are souring whilst customer service is dropping off a cliff.

[Crimson Dynamo]

They're boring people with no home life or hobbies. :hehe:

It's time some people realised there's more to life than work. :smug:

without work you have no home or hobbies

work provides both

:smug:

[Niamh.]

without work you have no home or hobbies

work provides both

:smug:

without time off you have no life or hobbies :hee:

[Daniel-X]

I do seven/eight hour shifts most of the time on weekends (I go to college full time and do part time work at a cafe) and have one fifteen minute break for my dinner, it's illegal and it's a joke.

[RileyH]

yey

I don't work but I'd go insane if I didn't get one at school

[Daniel-X]

I should get at least half an hour for the job I'm doing too, some of my friends do like six hours at Primark and get an hour lunch break for a much less stressful job.

[Marsh.]

without work you have no home or hobbies

work provides both

:smug:
Work to live, not live to work.

Obviously you have to work, but if you're entire life is working then there's no point to it.

[Vanessa]

I work four days a week, so I get three days off. :smug:

[Niamh.]

I work four days a week, so I get three days off. :smug:

Lucky, that's the dream :flutter:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Work to live, not live to work.

Obviously you have to work, but if you're entire life is working then there's no point to it.

and then when you retire and your life has no point, you tend to die

:shocked:

[Niamh.]

and then when you retire and your life has no point, you tend to die

:shocked:

I feel sorry for you if the only point to your life is work :laugh:

[Vanessa]

I think it's important to have time off as well. So you can spend time with your friends and family. Or just go for a walk.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I feel sorry for you if the only point to your life is work :laugh:

never did i say that its the only point but it is the most important save a life of a loved one

[Marsh.]

and then when you retire and your life has no point, you tend to die

:shocked:
Nothing to do with dying of old age then?

Hey if you find the meaning of your life is working to pay taxes then go for it.

I'd rather have a nice balance between earning money to using it to have a nice life.

[Niamh.]

never did i say that its the only point but it is the most important save a life of a loved oneYou said when you retire and your life has NO point, that implies it's the only one

[DemolitionRed]

In the French Alps, a lot of people work hard through the summer and then take the entire snow season off so they can ski and snowboard. We worked hard through the winter so we could take most of the summer off and go climbing. I love the French attitude to work.

[Niamh.]

In the French Alps, a lot of people work hard through the summer and then take the entire snow season off so they can ski and snowboard. We worked hard through the winter so we could take most of the summer off and go climbing. I love the French attitude to work.

attitude to life more to the point :love:

[user104658]

never did i say that its the only point but it is the most important save a life of a loved one

This is making me genuinely sad for you LT.

I personally think that IF someone can make money doing what they enjoy, or making a difference in the world, then yes a career can be one of the most important things in life. However, it's not realistic for everyone to have that... so for those who simply have to work doing something they don't get enjoyment out of but need to do to pay the bills... then no, it should not be the major part of their life. It should be something that is required to support the parts of life that they DO enjoy, and they should spend as much time engaging in those other parts of life as possible. A means to an end, and nothing more.

I also feel genuinely sad for people who "don't know what to do with themselves" after they retire. What empty lives they must have had beforehand :think:.

[smudgie]

without work you have no home or hobbies

work provides both

:smug:

Work hard and earn what you can, but you really do have to take time out to relax and enjoy yourself.
Hubby worked very long hours over the years due to shifts and people taking time off etc, but then he always made time for cycling and swimming as a way to wind down aswell as time out socialising.
Still does all the swimming and cycling now he has taken early retirement but he manages to fit more of it in, plus his yoga, to make sure he doesn't get bored I have allowed him to take over my job as housekeeper:joker: ( chief cook and bottle washer etc)

[Vanessa]

I'm all for working hard, but i think you also need some time off to recharge your batteries.

[waterhog]

In the French Alps, a lot of people work hard through the summer and then take the entire snow season off so they can ski and snowboard. We worked hard through the winter so we could take most of the summer off and go climbing. I love the French attitude to work.

this sounds good to me - infarct I am going to have a poem break :joker: