{"id":50191,"date":"2025-05-14T05:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T05:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/?p=50191"},"modified":"2025-05-19T00:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T00:21:40","slug":"feelings-of-guilt-stopping-workers-from-taking-their-breaks-during-business-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/news\/feelings-of-guilt-stopping-workers-from-taking-their-breaks-during-business-hours","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Feelings of guilt\u2019 stopping workers from taking their breaks during business hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new survey commissioned by COS revealed a growing disconnect between workers and their regular breaks during the day \u2013 with 28% claiming they don\u2019t ever take a break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being influenced by colleagues is also a key factor in workers taking breaks, with 21% stating that in a supportive workplace culture, they would be more inclined to take breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Amie Lyone, Co-CEO of COS, removing barriers to workers opting out of their breaks is crucial to improving individual productivity and overall business outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrleader.com.au\/wellbeing\/26804-feelings-of-guilt-stopping-workers-from-taking-their-breaks-during-business-hours\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hrleader.com.au\/wellbeing\/26804-feelings-of-guilt-stopping-workers-from-taking-their-breaks-during-business-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE <\/a><\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style3 like-50191 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='50191' data-nonce='d5082879b2' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Did you find this useful?' \/><span class='lc-50191 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style3 unlike-50191 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='50191' data-nonce='d5082879b2' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='' \/><span class='unlc-50191 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-50191 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new survey commissioned by COS revealed a growing disconnect between workers and their regular breaks during the day \u2013 with 28 per cent claiming they don\u2019t ever take a break. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50197,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50191\/revisions\/50197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}