Resources
You may think you are accomplishing more by working through your lunch, but literature and anecdotal evidence suggest otherwise. Visit some of these links to find out what other countries and firms have learned about the need for the lunch breaks.
Lunch Breaks
- Make the Most of Your Lunch Break
- Take Back Your Lunch Break at University of Toronto
- The Perils of Desk Top Dining
- Desktop Dining - It's Unsanitary, Unhealthy, Unfriendly And We All Do It
- Most cut lunch break for job (Ireland)
- Visiting Art Gallery at Lunch Reduces Stress
- Visiting Art Gallery at Lunch Reduces Stress
- Effects of not taking lunch breaks
- Lunch breaks off the menu
- New Survey Reveals Little Change in Lunch Habits
Work Life Balance
- A Fine Balance / A Manager's Guide to Workplace Well Being
- When Work Works - A Project on Workplace Effectiveness and Workplace Flexibility
- Better Balance, Better Business - Government of Alberta
- Whose Life Is it Anyway? Mental Health Foundation, UK
- Clocking In: How to Manage Your Time on the Job
- Creating solutions for work-life balance
- Take the quiz: Are You Making Time for You?
- HRDC website
