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In reply to the discussion: Are employers required to grant Muslim employees prayer breaks? [View all]Xithras
(16,191 posts)My current employer has a pretty fair schedule. We get a one hour paid lunch break each day, a 30 minute fitness break, and two 20 minute regular breaks. That's more than two hours of paid non-work time each day. The fitness break can only be used for fitness related activities, but you're allowed to leave the property during your lunch and 20 minute breaks to smoke if you want (yes, I did say leave the property...smokers are required to go all the way out to the sidewalk by the street).
But if you leave the property while you're on the clock and NOT on a break? It's treated the same as if you'd simply walked out and went home. It's a job ender. Saying "I just went out for a smoke" would gain you as much sympathy as "I just went out for a drink".
I've never asked, but I'm pretty sure we don't allow prayer time either. That's what the breaks are for.