The UK employment law firm Peninsula estimates 233 million hours are lost every month as a result of employees, that equates to approximately £130million a day in lost productivity! "The figures that we have calculated are minimums and it's a problem that I foresee will escalate," say Mike Huss director of employment law at the firm. "If a company can police the system, and only allow limited access during lunch breaks then that is fine. However I think it would be easier and less expensive to ban access altogether," he said. He's got a point!
