Increase entitlements to rest breaks at work

Workers, during six hours of toil should be entitled to one 30-minute break and one 10-15 minute break, or within eight hours of toil a 40-minute break and two 10-15 minutes breaks. The current 20 min for 6 hours is inadequate.

This petition closed on 13 Nov 2021 with 16 signatures


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