came down last December, but is only attracting attention now, after the Comisiones Obreras union reportedly vowed to appeal it.
According to the latest OECD figures, Spanish workers reported an average of 1,701 hours of work – paid and unpaid – in 2018. That number is in line with the average of 1,708 hours reported in Canada, but well ahead of the U.K., France, Germany and many other countries in Western Europe. The company is able to monitor these breaks because its office has a controlled-access system that logs every time a worker enters the building.
This ruling could set a precedent for other companies in Spain to deduct coffee and smoke breaks from the working day if they do not have explicit agreements to include them.
It depends, in my job I am the only one working so I get paid because I am always available if needed.
Should also be paid lunch break. We are away from our home to go work gone for 9 hrs paid 8.5 hrs. Plus drive time of an hr.
What economic arrangements 2 consenting adults agree to is no one else business. Provided that it does not negatively impact 3rd parties.