smoker:
On a related note, if I take a reduced weekly rest, say 36 hours, and then pay it back within 2 days, can I then take another reduced weekly rest the very next week ? Or can I only have a reduced weekly rest once every 2 weeks ?
ie
a) 36 + 24 , 36 + 24, 36 + 24
or
b) 45, 36 +24, 45, 36 + 24, 45
or
c) 45, 36 + 24, 36 + 24, 45, 36 + 24, 36 + 24, 45etc
Being on agency, I often get jobs offered for a sunday after I’ve worked 5 days in the previous week. But then end up with monday off.
You can have as many reduced rests as you like, more than 1 a week if you need to, regardless of whether you have done the pay back or not. The only requirement is that you have at least one regular and one reduced in any two consecutive weeks. If you do take two reduced weekly rest periods in the same week only one of them needs compensating for.
Example
Monday begin work after a full weekly rest period.
Monday 06:00 - 18:00
Tuesday 06:00 - 19:00
Reduced weekly rest period 33 hours
Thursday 04:00 - 17:00
Friday 06:00 - 17:00
Saturday 06:00 - 12:00
Reduced weekly rest period 24 hours
Sunday 12:00 - 21:00
Monday 06:00 18:00
Tuesday 06:00 18:00
Wednesday 05:00 19:00
Thursday 06:00 18:00
Friday 06:00 20:00
Regular weekly rest period
In that example only one of the reduced weekly rest periods requires compensation, the 33 hour one would be the easiest to compensate for, and the 24 hour one is simply there to allow more shifts to be done before the next required weekly rest. If that period from Saturday to Sunday had been less than 24 hours the next rest period would have had to commence no later than 04:00 Wednesday instead of being able to work beyond that point.