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ChatterBank8 mins ago
Friend of mine works as a care assistant in a residential home. Her shift is a 12 hour one with half an hour for lunch and she is on nightshift. Like many places she is expected to do housework during the night (comrising of cleaning, laundry ironing) but today she tells me that shortly before the end of her shift a check was made of the premises by the housekeeper - who found fault with the cleaning and insisted that my friend and another carer remained late to "re-do" the work.
Subsequently my friend worked 2 hours extra and was told that her pay was only calculated for her main 11 1/2 hour shift (lunch half hours are not paid for)
Is it correct that any person can be made to work 14 hours with only half an hour break and be paid for just the 11 1/2?
There is no loopehole in her contract regarding this and I am not sure so many hours are legal anyway.
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