More than half of UK workers are too busy (or too guilty) to take a lunch break

More than half of UK workers are too busy (or too guilty) to take a lunch break

More than half of British workers don’t always take a lunch break because they are too busy, eating ‘al-desko’ - or feel too guilty.

More than half of workers often skip their lunch breaks

More than half of British workers don’t always take a lunch break because they are too busy, eating ‘al-desko’ - or feel too guilty. A study of 2,000 full-time employees found only 36 per cent take their lunch break every day, with 13 per cent admitting it is often as little as once a week. Nearly half of those (45 per cent) who skip a break simply eat their food at their desk, while 59 per cent feel they are too busy to step away. But 12 per ce…