Working time regulations

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Nice quick one this.

When the working time regulations refer to a daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours, is this period unpaid? Can you refer me to an official source please?

The weather has negatively affected my Google Fu.
 
As long as they get their rest at some point*, they have to be on call - no getting out of it.

* - may not be correct legal term :)
 
shine said:
As long as they get their rest at some point*, they have to be on call - no getting out of it.

* - may not be correct legal term :)
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Oh, it's only when they have to attend the office at an ungodly hour that it becomes an issue getting into the office for their start time. There's no issue them covering their on-call.
 
Interesting
Daily rest

Young workers get 12 uninterrupted hours' rest in each 24-hour period in which you work. These 12 hours may be interrupted if your periods of work are split up over the day or do not last long.
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So me working from 9am-3am the following morning and then working at 9am again (6hour laters) isn't allowed.. or advised.. hmm
 
Gilly said:
Oh, it's only when they have to attend the office at an ungodly hour that it becomes an issue getting into the office for their start time. There's no issue them covering their on-call.
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Can't they work from home? It's what I normally do if I've been called out in the middle of the night.
 
if they get called out that interrupts their rest period, so no you can't expect them in the office at 9am if they get called out at 4am
 
MrMoonX said:
if they get called out that interrupts their rest period, so no you can't expect them in the office at 9am if they get called out at 4am
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Not true - there are exceptions - everyone is entitled to a minimum 90 hours rest a week on average. It doesn't have to be a 9-5 pattern though. Depending on your job/contract sometimes the rest period can be shifted.
 
You need to give them compensatory rest periods. It depends upon the industry you are employed in for example i am in the transport industry so different rules apply to us.

On call time is regarded as work time so you need to be careful. This should be a better source than the direct.gov one. There is a section referring to on call hours...

http://www.unitetheunion.org/pdf/WorkingTimeBriefGuide.pdf


On-call hours count as working time when workers are
required to be at their place of work and either working or
available for work, and this includes time spent sleeping-in.
When workers are on-call but based at home or elsewhere,
on-call time only counts as working time from the time
they are called out.
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there is some leeway in the regulations with agreement:

Right to 11 hours rest per day can be loosened by
agreement, providing that 'compensatory rest' of the
same time value is given later on
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Anyway Gilly, read the link and you will see that the 11 hours is flexible as long as compensatory rest is given at a later time (usually that day, but can be during that week)
 
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Dunks said:
Where on earth do you work that you pull 18 hour shifts?
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I did a 20 hour shift when I worked at burger king. 11pm till 7pm next day. Was meant to be a 11-7 then 3-11. The then gf now wife was ill so I covered her 7-3.

Meant to have 3 hour breaks in that time bit only got 1!!! Luckily nights on a service station are easy.
 
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