Total cost to businesses is huge. Assume you have employees on an average salary of USD$140K (example round figure) doing 7 hours work with 1 hour for lunch.

Total cost to businesses is huge. Assume you have employees on an average salary of USD$140K (example round figure) doing 7 hours work with 1 hour for lunch. Ignoring the staggering environmental impact, if you lose an extra 30 minutes (1/14th of the 7 hour work day) because of transport and parking bullshit due to this new rule, then you are effectively losing USD$10K per annum per employee.