I'm looking at work rights during pregnancy and I came across this
When the employee tells her employer she’s pregnant, the employer should assess the risks to the woman and her baby.
Risks could be caused by:
• heavy lifting or carrying
• standing or sitting for long periods without adequate breaks
• exposure to toxic substances
• long working hours
Most of them are self explanatory but with regards for sitting or standing, what is classed as long periods? And what's classed as an adequate break?
I work in retail and spend most of a 9 hour shift standing expect for 1 hours lunch. A lot of his time is moving about walking around helping customers, does this count as standing? Also when I am on tills I will be standing in the same spot for potentially 2 and a half hours does this could as a long period, and what does adequate break mean!!!
I keep asking my manager about the health and safety assessment and he keeps telling me we have loads of time, I'm coming up 4 months now when should this be done?
Any help is gladly appreciated!
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Employee rights and breaks! Help!
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jwww · 23/09/2016 12:51
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