The traditional lunch hour is dead. That’s according to a new survey from the UK, which found that the average worker’s midday break has been trimmed to just 29 minutes, and even when employees do take a break, a third of them still check and respond to work messages in that time.
Newstalk reporter, Mairead Cleary took to the Streets of Dublin at lunchtime today, to find out how long people were spending on their break.
Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Julia Marciniak, Hospitality and Tourism Coordinator at Unite the union and Peter Cosgrove, Managing Director of Futurewise...
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