For the first time an Australian court has ruled workers have a legal right to go to the toilet and drink water while at work
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The union had been running a campaign alleging the company was failing to give workers 10 minute paid breaks for shifts over four hours, as they were owed under the company's enterprise agreement. But Justice Logan found this was "a reckless falsehood and a serious one at that" because workers were entitled to use the bathroom when reasonable in addition to the paid 10 minute breaks. He said Mr Crenicean's post was not knowingly false but that he had "shot from the hip" to try to stop employees tagging each other on RAFFWU content on Facebook as part of its campaign.
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