Rediculous amount of hours worked

paddedjohn

How much break time do you get?

The amount of break time you get is usually agreed with your employer. It may be written down somewhere (eg in your contract of employment) or might just be part of your employer's standard practice.
Your employer must give you at least the rest breaks required by the Working Time Regulations. They must also ensure that your health and safety is not put at risk. This means that your employer might have to give you more than the amount set out in the regulations, if this reduces a health and safety risk.

paddedjohn

Plenty of links to back me up

mildred1978

Bring them on, mate.

Your posts so far outline the regs, not what to do about it if they aren't adhered to.

Believe me, this is an issue I am extremely experienced in!

LittleMissAspie

Don't just quit, they'll carry on hiring new people and getting away with it. You have to stand up for your rights otherwise the world will get nowhere.

If complaining gets her sacked, go to the local newspapers. A 4-star hotel won't want that kind of publicity.

SueC wrote: »

despite the fact that you don't have the energy to even hold your head straight. Hard physical work and most of the time utterly exhausting.

I hope you weren't driving there and back, you could have caused an accident in that state.

paddyrg

If she's finding it too many hours, tell them! Perhaps ask if she can split the job with somebody else? Most people in hotels and catering are eager to do as many hours as are available, the hotel probably thinks they're doing her a favour!!

getmore4less

What's the contracted hours and holidays?

Watch out for min wage issues.

Exercising rights to WTD in the hotel, retail, restaurant/bar and care industries is a losing battle, even parts of the NHS don't comply.

paddedjohn

Mildred you are talking !!!!, the working time regs state that workers have rights as I have pointed out, at no point have I said the op could win if they fought for them. Read the posts before posting please, because as I have said the op should walk away because they can't win even though the law is on their side.

somethingcorporate

Can anyone point to the WT regs that state employees cannot work so many hours in a week?

I am pretty sure the rules are more complex and about a weekly average number of hours over a large number of weeks (17 iirc). It is perfectly acceptable to work 100+ hours in a week and still be within the rules as long as the average is below the threshold.

mildred1978

paddedjohn wrote: »

Mildred you are talking !!!!, the working time regs state that workers have rights as I have pointed out, at no point have I said the op could win if they fought for them. Read the posts before posting please, because as I have said the op should walk away because they can't win even though the law is on their side.

Funny that you've been unable to substantiate your claims though.

If you check back on my posts, my husband had a similar issue a few months ago, albeit in a different industry. I paid for some of the best employment law advice you can get. As I say, I speak from experience.

ohreally

ET jurisdiction in respect of working time regulations...


Failure to limit weekly or night working time, or to ensure rest breaks - WTR 1998 Regs 4, 6, 10, 12-17 ERA 1996 Ss 45A, 48, 101A, 105, 108-109 and 111 WTR 1998 Reg 30