Average UK lunch break plummets to just 22 minutes

New research has revealed that lunch breaks are being squeezed by work pressures with the average lunch break lasting just 22 minutes – The Telegraph reports.

The research, which was conducted by health body ukactive and Sodexo, showed plummeting lunch break times which previously sat at 33 minutes in 2012 but have since declined to 22 minutes this year.

This consistent lack of employee lunch breaks is racking up to 18 days of owed time per year.

Cary Cooper, Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at the Manchester Business School, told HR Grapevine that a reduction in lunch breaks is attributed to the aftermath of the recession.