• cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Unions here require you to take 30 minute lunch breaks plus a 15 minute break between that and end of shift

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      6 months ago

      France here: 45 min lunch break minimum legally, but it’s usually 1h30 (or 2h).

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        6 months ago

        Finland here. Legally it’s supposed to be at least 30 if not 45 min, and we’ve laws about overtime and what have you but I never got them in a single place of work and somehow the bosses just kept getting away with it.

        Even somewhat large companies.

        I have never worked a job in my life that I was actually afforded the protections and rights that the law required. Some I left, some just wouldn’t change.

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        6 months ago

        I have never had that long of a break, even in grade school my lunch was 15-20min including standing in line to and from the cafeteria

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          6 months ago

          some days the line moved too slow so you just didnt get to eat. also you may have lunch debt so you get your food taken away and given a cheese sandwich

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          How the hell, what was you served that you could both queue and eat in under 20 minutes? I remember that awkward planning one year in school when we had something like 35 minutes and everyone was raging about it, teachers includec, we just didn’t had the time to queue, eat, get our books and be at class in time.

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            6 months ago

            You know how ex cons have that stereotype of ingesting their food in 3.5 seconds? It was like that, but with kids

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              6 months ago

              I had a coworker assume that I was some sort of felon because of this.

              No, just retail work in a shitty state that does not mandate any breaks for employees. You learn real quick how to eat a sandwich and be back on the floor in 2 minutes so your manager doesn’t jump down your throat.