Main Meal Break Changes
Monday, 24 April 2023 / Albury Wodonga Health
On 10 March 2023 staff received the long awaited advice that the onerous N95 mask requirement was now wound back substantially to only be required in very limited situations. This has followed a gradual reduction in other onerous PPE and social distancing mandates.
From 28 January 2022, the CEO granted all staff an extended main meal break from 30 minutes to 45 minutes in recognition of the burden of wearing heavy PPE and needing to socially distance. The additional time was to allow time to find space to take a meal break safely as well as extra time to remove heavy PPE including N95 masks. This burden has now lifted.
With the winding back of the onerous PPE requirements, including most recently the N95 mask requirement, AWH staff main meal break will revert to the usual 30 minutes.
This arrangement will commence from 8 May 2023, to allow staff to make any necessary adjustments. Please speak with your supervisor if you have any issues you wish to discuss arising from usual meal break arrangements being restored, or contact People and Culture via their ticketing system at http://awh-ac-shpt02/HowTo/Pages/Request%20People%20-%20Culture%20Assistance.aspx