A little help please...

Mimikyu

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Vokes

Isn't it something like 15mins break for every 4.5hrs worked...

Its definitely not an hours break for a 7hr shift but I believe it should be least at least 30mins.

You have a contract with him?

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Solitaryman666 wrote:

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30 mins

Solitaryman666 wrote:

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if you have been working there more than a year you could take him to court, not sure how much you would get 2k guess.

Solitaryman666 wrote:

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If you are due to work on the bank holiday,
you are intitled to a paid day off but not necessarly on that day or
an extra days pay

If you are not due to work on the bank holiday,
you are due 1/5 of your weeks pay

SofaKing wrote:

You have a contract with him?

a contract cannot give you less than the above or it is illegal

Newaglish

How long have you been working there and what age are you?

Always the two most important things!

damnyanks

Just click on his bebo and you'll find everything you need to know about him. Wouldnt it be trickey if his boss reads boards.

In anycase, I'm guessing you're 17 and working part-time (According to the long description on your bebo). If thats the case arent rights different for part-timers?

Mimikyu

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Running Bing

Sounds like constructive dismissal to me tbh.

Newaglish

Firstly, you generally have to be employed for over 12 months to bring a claim of unfair dismissal, so that's not really on option for you if you do get fired/resign.

Having said that, you should definitely exercise your right to take whatever break you're entitled to. If he fires you for this, I'm not actually sure if that would give you grounds for an unfair dismissals case or not.

The general rule on breaks is that you are entitled to a break of 15 minutes after a 4 ½ hour work period and a further break of 15 minutes after a 6 hour work period. There is no entitlement to be paid during these breaks.

So basically, you're entitled to a 30 minute break, but he might start deducting that from your pay. Is this a permanent or summer job?

Also re: Sundays/Public Holidays

In addition, with regard to pay, unless already included in the determination of your pay, your employer must give you one or more of the following for Sunday working, etc:

A reasonable allowance
A reasonable pay increase
Reasonable paid time off work

Most employees are entitled to paid leave on public holidays. One exception is part-time employees who have not worked for their employer at least 40 hours in total in the 5 weeks before the public holiday.

Employees who qualify will be entitled to either the public holiday off as paid leave or one of the following alternatives:

A paid day off within a month of the public holiday
An additional day of annual leave
An additional day's pay
The nearest church holiday to the public holiday as a paid day off

My advice? Print out the relevant information from Citizen's Information and shove it in his face.

If he doesn't like it, threaten to distribute copies amongst your colleagues who are unaware of their rights. I imagine the section on the Minimum Wage Act would be of particular interest to them.