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11 Break between shifts.
Millwright94
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I wonder if anyone can help me, i have had a look around and cant seem to find the answer to this anywhere??
My work has offered overtime on a thursday night shift. 9:30pm till 5:30am. I am currently due to work on the Friday from 13:30pm till 21:30 pm. They have said yes on the condition I dont come in till 16:30 and make up the hours another time. This is due to the 11 hour break required between shifts. If I finish at 05:30am and come back at 13:30 its a 7 hour break. I thought they by law were not allowed to make me work before the 11 hours but if I agreed to do it myself that this was ok?
Can anyone help me with this?
My work has offered overtime on a thursday night shift. 9:30pm till 5:30am. I am currently due to work on the Friday from 13:30pm till 21:30 pm. They have said yes on the condition I dont come in till 16:30 and make up the hours another time. This is due to the 11 hour break required between shifts. If I finish at 05:30am and come back at 13:30 its a 7 hour break. I thought they by law were not allowed to make me work before the 11 hours but if I agreed to do it myself that this was ok?
Can anyone help me with this?
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You need to sign an opt-out to the working time directive otherwise it is illegal. However I have yet to see anyone being prosecuted for a breach of the WTD.0
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Is the opt out form relevant to the 11 hour break or just the 48 hour maximum working week?0
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Most employers..even major blue chips,run a coach and horses through the WTD.Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0
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Opt out form is indeed only for the 48-hour week AFAIK.Millwright94 wrote: »Is the opt out form relevant to the 11 hour break or just the 48 hour maximum working week?
I believe the OP is correct to think that an employee can if they wish, and the employer agrees, have a break between shifts of a shorter length. Given what the employer has said, they may feel that it would be detrimental to the OP's job performance to have the reduced rest break and therefore they can stipulate the later starting time.0 -
C_Mababejive wrote: »Most employers..even major blue chips,run a coach and horses through the WTD.
evidence please?
this is not my experience.Debt free 4th April 2007.
New house. Bigger mortgage. MFWB after I have my buffer cash in place.0 -
Don't some aspects of the WTD depend on the job that you do, and there are some exemptions for certain jobs? OP - what is your job role?All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
I work in a customer service role on the phone most of the day.0
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What rate do you get for overtime?
Can't they just adjust those as extra hours to cover the missing ones?0 -
C_Mababejive wrote: »Most employers..even major blue chips,run a coach and horses through the WTD.evidence please?
this is not my experience.
NHS a lot of nurses don't get their breaks.0 -
Where i work you have to have 11 hours off between your normal shifts. But overtime you dont as its an optional shift and not part of you normal shift.0
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