Some companies say that if an employee wants to smoke they must leave the building and smoke outside. This takes time away from work, and the employers insist that this time should be counted as break time. This may not be fair to the smokers who may have to wait a long time to get out of the building. How could this problem be resolved?

Task Response

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Coherence and Cohesion

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Grammatical Range and Accuracy

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It is a common concern among employers that their smoker employees take too much break and this few times should be counted as non-effective hours and even they should not be paid for them.

Task Response

Band 6.5

Coherence and Cohesion

Band 6.5

Lexical Resource

Band 6.0

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

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Smoking is such a bad habit that it affects the working efficiency and health of the workers and smoking in the office premises brings potential harms to colleges’ health and emotional well-being. Positive solutions should be taken to tackle this worrying trend.