Swiss Watch Company Can Now Require Workers To Clock Out For Bathroom Breaks

A Swiss company can now require workers to clock out for a bathroom break after a court ruled in its favor.Jean Singer & Cie SA, a watch dial maker, is now legally within its rights to require staffers to punch out for toilet time.The court finding was revealed by an investigative report by public broadcaster RTS over the weekendThe case has bared what some say is a labor-law loophole in the rich Alpine country with a reputation for running like clockwork.

Pascal Moesch, a lawyer for the 105-year-old family-run business, told RTS that the company believed the issue was generally about "an interruption of work — whether a toilet break, meal breaks, rest breaks, phone breaks a nature walk. So regardless of the reason for the break, it requires clocking out.

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