Can employers make staff 'clock off' to use the toilet?

A company that supplies meat to Tesco is being urged by Unite the union to put an end to its “draconian toilet break policy”, where workers are forced to clock off to visit the toilet so that time spent in the toilet was not included in their working week.  

Staff at Brown Brothers are also officially expected to provide medical evidence in order to be excused from the system, which Unite says will mean that women in the early stages of pregnancy or having their period might... (353 more words)

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