Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » Spain: coffee and cigarette breaks can be omitted from working time calculations Spain: coffee and cigarette breaks can be omitted from working time calculations Spain’s National High Court’s social chamber ruled that coffee, sandwich, and cigarette breaks can be omitted from working time calculations. The ruling came down in favor of the defendant Galp Ernergia España in a case brought by the CCOO trade union. The decision against CCOO’s claim dates back to December 2019 and was published on 11 February 2020. In it the court ruled that a company can, as part of implementing the new working time register, omit from effective working time calculations staff sandwich, coffee, and cigarette breaks. Through . Published on 12 February 2020 à 12h12 - Update on 12 February 2020 à 16h20 Resources CCOO had been asking that Galp’s omission of these breaks from working time calculations ever since it implemented the mandatory time register (c.f. article no. 11038) be declared null and void and it was calling for a new system that did not affect these types of informal breaks that are taken on an ad hoc basis during the day and were hitherto included in effective working time.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels