I was just wondering what other people's thoughts/experiences are with smoking breaks during work hours.
Management in my place of work have designated one outside area for smokers. However I work in a large facility and I was thinking that for some people to use this area, by the time they walk to it have their cigarette and go back to work they could lose 10-15 minutes. From what I can see , it is only a very small minority of my colleagues that smoke but if someone did this 4 times a day they could be losing an hours work a day.
Should smoking be done outside work hours or are employers required to accomodate smokers?
Just interested what happens in other areas of employment.
Management in my place of work have designated one outside area for smokers. However I work in a large facility and I was thinking that for some people to use this area, by the time they walk to it have their cigarette and go back to work they could lose 10-15 minutes. From what I can see , it is only a very small minority of my colleagues that smoke but if someone did this 4 times a day they could be losing an hours work a day.
Should smoking be done outside work hours or are employers required to accomodate smokers?
Just interested what happens in other areas of employment.