One in four people is risking ill health by working through the day without a break, according to a new survey by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Heavy workloads meant that a third also said they took no lunch.
An “expert” representing a personnel institute ventured the view that “These findings should ring alarm bells for employers.” But long experience shows that employers tend to be deaf to the concerns of individual workers. Collective action through trade unions needs to be taken to ensure there are lunch and other breaks, fought for and won by previous workers, are kept.