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Bathroom break at work? Swiss court upholds watchmaker's rule to do it on your own time

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Watch dial maker Jean Singer & Cie SA was within its rights to require staffers to punch out for toilet time.

The case has bared what some say is a labor-law loophole in a rich Alpine country.

Word of the clock-out requirement leaked to labor inspectors on a site visit during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 .

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77

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78

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84

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informal

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English

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55

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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