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.
An ECJ ruling that workers should be paid if employers require them to be on call is likely to have important implications under the Working Times Regulations
The security industry is not exempt from the Working Time Regulations, and
all security guards are entitled to rest breaks...
By Mike Huss, senior employment law specialist, Peninsula
All
security guards are entitled to rest breaks and the security industry is not
exempt from Working Time Regulations.
This...
Birmingham
Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust has been reported to the Health and Safety
Executive for failing to implement the...
