'70% of employees book holidays while at work'
04/06/2008(17:12)
Seven in ten UK employees use the internet when they are supposed to be working to search for and book holidays, a survey has found.
The poll by employment law firm Peninsula also revealed that employees spend an average of three hours of company time each week researching and booking activities for while they are away, onrec.com reports.
Furthermore, 78 per cent of people surveyed said they do not see anything wrong with booking holidays while at work - up from 63 per cent last year.
Deb Gibbons, head of employee relations at the organisation, said: "Staff are being paid to work not to look for a holiday to the Costa Del Sol.
"If workers have nothing better to do than book a summer holiday during work time then employers may want to review their workload."
Meanwhile, research released recently by PopCap Games claimed that allowing staff a ten minute online e-break - time to use the internet for personal use - could help them to become productive.
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