Rest periods
Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, workers are entitled to a minimum daily rest period and minimum uninterrupted weekly rest period.
There are a number of exclusions to the right to minimum weekly rest periods, for example in relation to shift workers when they change shift. These workers are entitled to an equivalent period of compensatory rest.
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Working Time
Sinead Donnelly, a solicitor at DWF, provides tips on drawing up a policy on working time.
Case round-up: On-call time and rest periods, and the validity and timeliness of complaints
On-call time and rest periods
MacCartney v Oversley House Management, EAT, 31 January 2006BACKGROUND Mrs MacCartney was one of two...
