Meal breaks attendance length.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 13 May 2016, 22:28

wa4jim wrote:Do these break times still stand?

My manager is claiming that I'm entitled to a 20-minute break for 4 hours, 30 minutes for 6 hours and and 40 minutes for 8 hours.

Your manager is right!

wa4jim · Post by **wa4jim** » 14 May 2016, 19:43

So the document above is out of date. Is there a new one?

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 14 May 2016, 20:14

wa4jim wrote:So the document above is out of date. Is there a new one?

No its correct, just that your manager has mentioned specific hours rather than the range that the breaks cover.

wa4jim wrote:Do these break times still stand?

My manager is claiming that I'm entitled to a 20-minute break for 4 hours, 30 minutes for 6 hours and and 40 minutes for 8 hours.

3 hours 31 to 4 hours 59..... .......20 mins..................
5 hours to 7 hours ................... 30 mins.............
7 hours 1 to 8 hours 59..... .......40 mins.........

Post by **POSTMAN** » 14 May 2016, 23:56

As what Teebs said, sorry my bad for not explaining it properly.
I had to lie down for a while as a manager had told the truth.

super-postie · Post by **super-postie** » 15 May 2016, 06:51

Managers havent got a clue. Weve recently had a mini revision but they dont know what breaks part timers are due ! How on earth they worked out what could or couldnt be added on to duties is beyond me. Think they just asked the brown nosers and shafted the junior part timers. Anyways I just take my full entitlement and claim accordingly. Perhaps the CWU should issue a guide to new starts with some crucial info to stop management taking the p..s.

heapsy · Post by **heapsy** » 08 Jan 2017, 21:33

This WAS posted on our union board after I requested it. Mysteriously it disappeared a week or two later. Union rep claimed he knew nothing about it, but then DID nothing about it.

postman_jack · Post by **postman_jack** » 24 Jan 2017, 13:57

Is there any document that says that if you don't take at least 20 mins before delivery commences you lose it i.e. You can't take the full mins meal relief at the end of your duty. I need to put somebody straight about this they reckon that my not taking any form of a meal relief that they can finish 40 mins earlier.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 24 Jan 2017, 14:12

You can not have all of your meal relief scheduled at the end of any duty.
http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 36&t=11941" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Where an attendance is provided with more than one break, the second break may be scheduled at the beginning or end, in which case attendance is not required solely for booking on or off. A single break should not be scheduled at the beginning or end of the attendance.

Page 23 of the document.

postman_jack · Post by **postman_jack** » 24 Jan 2017, 14:17

Thank you very much Postman!

postman_jack · Post by **postman_jack** » 24 Jan 2017, 14:22

in which case attendance is not required solely for booking on or off

Can somebody explain this in laymans terms?

yellowbelly · Post by **yellowbelly** » 24 Jan 2017, 15:52

postman_jack wrote:
in which case attendance is not required solely for booking on or off
Can somebody explain this in laymans terms?

Think it means you don't have to go back to the office (attend) to sign for completion of your duty. I'm assuming that's
in a scenario where you might be nearer to home than the DO at the end of your duty and your P&L partner will drive back
to the office with any parcels, letters, PDA's etc., or you have permission to take van home and don't have anything to take back to the DO.

Edit: TBT's more knowledgeable explanation below is what it's supposed to mean, but I've seen guys do the above (which is probably not what it's supposed to mean
but the wording is not very clear, how about 'you don't have to hang around the office for 20 minutes'????)

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 24 Jan 2017, 15:53

postman_jack wrote:
in which case attendance is not required solely for booking on or off
Can somebody explain this in laymen's terms?

If you have one of your 20-minute breaks at the end of your shift, you can sign out then (20 minutes earlier than your shift ends) instead of waiting till your finishing time to do so.

postman_jack · Post by **postman_jack** » 24 Jan 2017, 17:06

Cheers

dianepostie · Post by **dianepostie** » 22 Mar 2017, 16:50

POSTMAN wrote:You can not have all of your meal relief scheduled at the end of any duty.
http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 36&t=11941" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Where an attendance is provided with more than one break, the second break may be scheduled at the beginning or end, in which case attendance is not required solely for booking on or off. A single break should not be scheduled at the beginning or end of the attendance.
Page 23 of the document.

Hi there, can someone tell me please.

1)...
I am full time and it is required that I must take my first twenty minute break at some point during my duty time. Does this absolutely have to in the middle of my duty time? Can it be toward the end of my duty?

The reason why I ask this is because my house is ''on route'', back to the office.

2)...
If I take my second 20 minute break at the end of my duty, (as per ''The Way Forward'') how does it work if I go over my finishing time.

Eg. 14.30 minus meal break = 14.10.

If I have not taken my second 20 minute meal break and I have gone over 14.10 by half an hour. Can I claim half an hour.

I'm sorry, I am struggling with my wording with my second question. I hope someone can work out what I'm trying to ask.

Many thanks.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 25 Mar 2017, 14:20

dianepostie wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:You can not have all of your meal relief scheduled at the end of any duty.
http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 36&t=11941" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Where an attendance is provided with more than one break, the second break may be scheduled at the beginning or end, in which case attendance is not required solely for booking on or off. A single break should not be scheduled at the beginning or end of the attendance.
Page 23 of the document.

Hi there, can someone tell me please.

1)...
I am full time and it is required that I must take my first twenty minute break at some point during my duty time. Does this absolutely have to in the middle of my duty time? Can it be toward the end of my duty?

The reason why I ask this is because my house is ''on route'', back to the office.

2)...
If I take my second 20 minute break at the end of my duty, (as per ''The Way Forward'') how does it work if I go over my finishing time.

Eg. 14.30 minus meal break = 14.10.

If I have not taken my second 20 minute meal break and I have gone over 14.10 by half an hour. Can I claim half an hour.

I'm sorry, I am struggling with my wording with my second question. I hope someone can work out what I'm trying to ask.

Many thanks.

Your duty should have a plan regarding breaks, you can't make it up as you go along.