Advice about employment contracts please

[zeban]

Does an employment contract always have to include the lunch break? ie. if I'm writing up a contract for someone to do 12-8pm but 1 of those hours includes an unpaid lunch hour can I give them a 7 hour per day working hours contract instead of 8 because technically they're only being paid for 7 anyway?

[peterstorm1985]

The contract is for 7 working hours so that's what it should say, but it must be absolutely clear for both parties otherwise you could come unstuck. If you give the start and finish times and expressly state that a one hour break is to be taken - basically as you have written above - then that will be fine.

[zeban]

Thank you peterstorm1985. I want to do whatever works best for them regarding their housing benefits/working tax credits