Sunday, July 29, 2007

History of the Coffee Break


The roots of the modern coffee break dates back a century when social reformers and labor leaders were attempting to introduce such workplace reforms as minimum wage and workers' compensation. Two of the reforms that were adopted were a mid-shift break and the creation break rooms where employees could get away from the job for a short while. At some point, employees starting using this break time to indulge in a cup of coffee, hence the popular contemporary term "coffee break."

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