Tribunal Rules that Security Industry Breaks Law on Toilet Breaks

A tribunal has ruled that all security guards are entitled to rest breaks and the security industry is not exempt from Working Time Regulations, reports the GMB union.

The Tribunal said that, although the security industry is not subject to the law that requires workers have a 20-minute rest break every six hours, it must do "the next best thing", such as allow a number of shorter rest periods or one longer period. The Tribunal stated that if any company were to be as ridiculous as to preven... (277 more words)

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