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My employer keeps making me go on longer unpaid breaks than what I’m rostered for.

Hi all. I work in NSW, Australia under the Fast Food level 1 award. When I check my roster before work, I usually have a 6+ hour shift with a 10min paid break and a 30 or 45min unpaid break. However, my employer keeps telling me to go for hour-long unpaid breaks right before I go on break. The fair work ombudsman says that I must be informed on my break times on my roster, but I can't find anything about whether my employer can make me go on a longer unpaid break, completely unannounced. Is this legal? Should I ignore what my employer says and take the unpaid break time on my roster? Thanks.


Hi all. I work in NSW, Australia under the Fast Food level 1 award. When I check my roster before work, I usually have a 6+ hour shift with a 10min paid break and a 30 or 45min unpaid break. However, my employer keeps telling me to go for hour-long unpaid breaks right before I go on break. The fair work ombudsman says that I must be informed on my break times on my roster, but I can't find anything about whether my employer can make me go on a longer unpaid break, completely unannounced. Is this legal? Should I ignore what my employer says and take the unpaid break time on my roster? Thanks.

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