Daily rest between shifts

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  • MattyLTW
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    That's awful, this '11 hour rule' seems absolutely pointless. It seems like shift workers are forced to do whatever their companies see fit and there's nothing you can do about it.
  • Sncjw
    Sncjw Posts: 3,508 Forumite
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    How is finishing at 19:30 and then starting again at 6am 15 hours. To me that!!!8217;s 10.5 hours.
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  • getmore4less
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    You have to remember the underlying principle behind the regulations is health and safety.

    Read the full regulations including the amendments where specific sectors are covered with stricter rules.

    picking one rule in isolation is a problem as even this daily break(11hr) one comes with caveats combined with the weekly break rule.

    A lot of the specific regulations are in practice framework of guidelines as workplaces agreements can override them anyway.


    I can see places where you start the day after the evening you finished.

    eg. pubs with extended opening hours where you don't want the last shift leaving jobs for the first shift,

    or workplaces that need some handover but don't operate 24hr.
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    Sncjw wrote: »
    How is finishing at 19:30 and then starting again at 6am 15 hours. To me that!!!8217;s 10.5 hours.

    That's not what they are counting

    They are counting total time of for the calendar day of 24hr.

    If you do the full on/off list for the 2 week rotating starting with 6 am Monday

    9:00 on 19:30 off
    9:00 on 10:30 off
    9:00 on 19:30 off
    9:00 on 10:30 off
    9:00 on 67:30 off
    9:00 on 10:30 off
    9:00 on 19:30 off
    9:00 on 10:30 off
    9:00 on 19:30 off
    9:00 on 12:30 off
    4:00 on 42:00 off


    I think this fall into "pick your battles"

    one to keep an eye on if the there is any shift creep or overtime.
  • ohreally
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    Bear in mind collective/ workforce agreements will affect the state of play (not suggesting this has an impact with op, but something to be mindful of).
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  • Sncjw
    Sncjw Posts: 3,508 Forumite
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    Daily rest is between shifts not for the whole 24 hour period.

    This is from gov website
    Daily rest
    Workers have the right to 11 hours rest between working days, eg if they finish work at 8pm, they shouldn!!!8217;t start work again until 7am the next day.
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  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    Sncjw wrote: »
    Daily rest is between shifts not for the whole 24 hour period.

    This is from gov website
    Daily rest
    Workers have the right to 11 hours rest between working days, eg if they finish work at 8pm, they shouldn!!!8217;t start work again until 7am the next day.

    That is not what the HR were counting with their numbers.

    They were counting rest periods for compensatory rest during the week.
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