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Employee Rights: What breaks are you entitled to?

The amount of time you get is determined by your employer – it may be in your contract or might just be how your employer treats others with your job.
There are legal minimums though.

• An adult over 18 is entitled to a 20 minute break if they’re working more than 6 hours in a go.
• Those who are between 16 and 18 are entitled to a 30 minute break if they’re working more than 4 and a half hours in one go.

This break must be all in one go, and in the middle of a shift (not at the beginning or the end).

An adult is usually entitled to a break of 11 hours between working days, while for a young worker (someone above school leaving age but aged below 18) this is 12 hours. And an adult is entitled to 24 hours free of work once a week or 48 in a fortnight, while a young worker is entitled to 48 hours a week clear of work.

However, there are exemptions to these rules (for example agriculture workers during a peak time).

Job Profile: Stockroom Assistant at Argos

As an Argos stockroom assistant, you take the picking ticket as it comes through, take the item off the shelf and send it down the conveyor belt.

Some items can be heavy, but in that case you aren’t expected to lift it on your own – you should ask for help.

You may also have to count stock.

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Employer Profile: B&Q

Originally called Block & Quayle, which was later shortened to B&Q.

Part of the Kingfisher retailer group, who used to own Woolworths, however they were sold in 2001.

Staff Discounts: 20% at B&Q, 10% at other Kingfisher stores.

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