Labour Court recommends union accept Data Packaging breaks proposal

The Labour Court recommended that the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union accept Data Packaging Limited’s proposal to remove specified breaks as part of introducing a 39-hour week for about 170 workers. The recommendation was signed on 23 August 1990. The union argued that cutting tea breaks would undermine the shorter week and worker goodwill. The company said it needed to offset implementation costs and that workers already had several breaks. The Court considered the company’s proposal reasonable in light of the agreed hours framework and existing breaks.