Workers' Rights: Breaks
While most employees have the right to take breaks at work, as a business owner it’s not mandatory that you pay for them.
The Working Time Regulations (1998) governs legislation surrounding your staff member’s rights to adequate breaks. It entitles those over the age of 18 to three types:
Rest breaks at work: Guarantees employees 20 uninterrupted minutes of rest during their working day. It only applies to staff that work over six hours a day—again, you don't have to pay for that time if you don’t want to.
Daily rest: Is the employee’s right to at least 11 hours’ off between working days.
Weekly rest: Requires your employees to have at least 24 uninterrupted hours without work each week (or an uninterrupted 48 hours every fortnight).
What is the law on breaks at work?
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