Tea breaks are good for you

Tea breaks are good for you

Apparently drinking tea is actually better for you than drinking water. See this story on the BBC website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5281046.stm

Do you have policies in place to ensure your workers receive the statutory minimum rest breaks? Are you safeguarding your worker’s health by giving them access to the health-giving benefits of tea?  By law, all workers are entitled to regular breaks in the working day – a minimum of 20 minutes for every shift lasting over six hours for workers aged 18 or over.  

Those aged 16 – 17 should have at least 30 minutes break if they work more than four and a half hours. And you must take into account the time worked in total when calculating this, if they also work for another employer.  There are some exceptions to these rules, for example during emergencies or busy periods when breaks can be accumulated and taken later. Sadly, as yet, the Working Time Regulations don’t stipulate what sort of beverage employees should consume during their break.

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