all my jobs when i was younger were 1 hour dinner breaks but these days most are 30 mins which seems to occur more in bigger companies than smaller ones
one company that i worked for would not let you leave your bench until the buzzer went for lunch but you had to be back at your bench 5 mins before the buzzer went off for you to come back , the job was messy and the factory was huge so when the buzzer went at say 12.00 you had to walk to the toilets to wash your hands then walk all the way back to the exit and it could be as late as 12.10 before you got to the oustide of the building due to ques for washing etc . this left only 15 mins to get your butty from the butty van , eat it ,smoke a ciggy and get back to your bench for 12.25
if you complained you got told that if you dont like it you know where the gate is
they were correct i did know where the gate was and i used it
