Timeline for What constitutes the start of a 15 minute break in the province of British Columbia, Canada?
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| Jun 12 at 14:24 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | An employer who says "I graciously give you time to go get coffee, but not enough time to actually get and drink that coffee" might have trouble keeping staff. Therefore some managers might turn a blind eye to "too long" breaks at times of high lineups. This doesn't mean anyone is entitled to a longer break, just that sometimes they take them. Just as sometimes we take personal calls at work or just chat to our workmates instead of doing what we're paid to do. When these things get to be too much, sometimes someone does something about it. Nobody likes that. | |
| Jun 11 at 12:58 | comment | added | Hilmar | In pretty much every work environment I have seen a break starts when you stop working and it ends when you resume working. What happens during the break is up to the employee and no concern of the employer. During a "lunch break" you can go can eat, go for a walk,, run errands, surf youtube, take a nap, etc. To the employer its all the same as long as the employee is back on the clock on time. | |
| Jun 11 at 12:40 | vote | accept | Ken Graham | ||
| Jun 11 at 4:32 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 11 at 4:32 | answer | added | Gregory Currie | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jun 11 at 4:32 | history | edited | Ken Graham | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 11 at 4:30 | comment | added | TheDemonLord | @KenGraham - there may be general guidelines, but these will be company policy if it is not mandated in legislation. | |
| Jun 11 at 4:24 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | The government does not have a say in whatever agreement a union has negotiated with the company. | |
| Jun 11 at 4:23 | comment | added | Ken Graham | @GregoryCurrie Because the site is unionized and the union will back up the employees. | |
| Jun 11 at 4:21 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | Why would the government need to impose general guidelines? If a company has employees that are abusing some sort of break system, that's an issue the company would need to deal with itself. | |
| Jun 11 at 4:21 | comment | added | Ken Graham | @GregoryCurrie Not that I am aware of.all employees do have their own lunch room and can make their own coffee if they wanted to. | |
| Jun 11 at 4:19 | comment | added | Ken Graham | @TheDemonLord Understood , but there has to be some general guidelines in order to stop abuses. | |
| Jun 11 at 4:17 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | Is there some sort of requirement to line up at the food court on your break? | |
| Jun 11 at 4:17 | comment | added | TheDemonLord | VTC - IANAL - according the BC labour website: Employers are not required to provide coffee breaks. - which means any Coffee Break would be a matter of Company Policy, which we cannot answer. | |
| Jun 11 at 4:05 | history | asked | Ken Graham | CC BY-SA 4.0 |