Anyone else on here working for agencies get their compulsory 45 minute break deducted from their wages?? 
grovegarage:
Anyone else on here working for agencies get their compulsory 45 minute break deducted from their wages??
I didnt, I was paid per day.
every agency iâve worked for have and even my employer i work for now does it! needless to say i add 45mins on to my workin time where possible 
âIt dependsâ. Even working for the same agency, one client would have 45 minutes deducted and another one pay straight through.
proper job paid thru
agency work knocks 45
Im on the agency and dont get paid the 45.
Make it up ahem - other ways though. 
Mine were taken off, itâs been said, make it up another way.
The agency take an hour off me.
I donât understand why anyone would expect to be paid for the break, if you worked in a factory or warehouse you wouldnât be paid for the break so why would drivers expect different 
tachograph:
I donât understand why anyone would expect to be paid for the break, if you worked in a factory or warehouse you wouldnât be paid for the break so why would drivers expect different
If you worked in a warehouse, they would not expect you to look after the contents during your break.
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Cheers.
Used to get an hour knocked off when I was on agency, so I took an hour. Employed now I get 45 minutes deducted, canât believe I am not going to get paid for 45 minutes of the 7 hours and 36 minutes of break I clocked today.
I get 30 min taken off as that is the official break time of said comp im working in
I was worked hard today done 24 ks 
I get 1st 8 hrs paid straight just for turning up , but, if worked more than 8 then they dock the breaks, but pay OT rates.
Good agency i guess
I was doing Agency work last year. I was an hour from home when I got a phone call âWhere are you? Got a bloke here waiting for your truckâ I told them I was just passing Ferrybridge, voice said âYou will be an hour thenâ - I said no, an hour & 45, unless you are not going to deduct. I ended up waiting in a lay-by for 45 mins while a driver waited at the yard. Bloody stupid, they could have had me there three quarters of an hour earlier!
pete-b:
tachograph:
I donât understand why anyone would expect to be paid for the break, if you worked in a factory or warehouse you wouldnât be paid for the break so why would drivers expect differentIf you worked in a warehouse, they would not expect you to look after the contents during your break.
If youâre doing that in your 45 minute break then youâre not taking a proper 45.
invincible guy:
I was doing Agency work last year. I was an hour from home when I got a phone call âWhere are you? Got a bloke here waiting for your truckâ I told them I was just passing Ferrybridge, voice said âYou will be an hour thenâ - I said no, an hour & 45, unless you are not going to deduct. I ended up waiting in a lay-by for 45 mins while a driver waited at the yard. Bloody stupid, they could have had me there three quarters of an hour earlier!
What a â â â â â â . I bet your phone is nice and quietâŚ
Conor:
pete-b:
tachograph:
I donât understand why anyone would expect to be paid for the break, if you worked in a factory or warehouse you wouldnât be paid for the break so why would drivers expect differentIf you worked in a warehouse, they would not expect you to look after the contents during your break.
If youâre doing that in your 45 minute break then youâre not taking a proper 45.
When I worked in a warehouse they took 30 min off me for break as they did there full time staff & they do that now
Conor:
pete-b:
tachograph:
I donât understand why anyone would expect to be paid for the break, if you worked in a factory or warehouse you wouldnât be paid for the break so why would drivers expect differentIf you worked in a warehouse, they would not expect you to look after the contents during your break.
If youâre doing that in your 45 minute break then youâre not taking a proper 45.
NO iâm not looking after his truck when I take my break, I usually find other more important things to do, like sleep or go for something to eat. The point is, a lot of companies expect you to look after the truck whilst having your unpaid break. They canât have it everyway.
tachograph:
I donât understand why anyone would expect to be paid for the break, if you worked in a factory or warehouse you wouldnât be paid for the break so why would drivers expect different
Because in a factory or warehouse you are generally given a break roughly halfway through your shift and given facilities for it. As a driver youâre expected to âtake your breakâ where it doesnât impact on the days planned work, usually whilst waiting somewhere, irrespective of if its at the beginning or near the end of your shift. Maybe some drivers just pull up for half an hours dinner at midday when they only have 2 hours work and 2 hours driving under their belt ? Anywhere iâve worked they wouldnât be happy if you did.