I am paid a daily rate rather than hourly, so in theory I would be paid for each shift I commence between daily rest periods. I want to maximise on this so please can someone advise on the legality, in terms of drivers hours, for the following: work 9hrs, rest 11hrs, repeat (making each day only 20hrs). Could this facilitate 6 shifts every week?
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matto75:
I am paid a daily rate rather than hourly, so in theory I would be paid for each shift I commence between daily rest periods. I want to maximise on this so please can someone advise on the legality, in terms of drivers hours, for the following: work 9hrs, rest 11hrs, repeat (making each day only 20hrs). Could this facilitate 6 shifts every week?
I assume you mean starting a new shift immediately after the 11 hours daily rest period rather than starting at the same time each day.
If that’s the case then you could certainly do 6 shifts like that every week, (5x20)+9=109 hours between weekly rest periods which is well within the legal requirements of no more than 144 hours between weekly rest periods.
I think you need to define in your contract of employment whether you get a daily rate or a shift rate
Poor terminology on my part, it is a shift rate, I am paid a fixed fee for commencement of shift
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That shift patter provided you never exceeded 9 hour shift length would allow you to squeeze in 7 distinct shifts. HOWEVER, after the first week of doing so would impinge on you weekly rest requirements. I will say though, whilst it may be possible, why on earth would you want to put yourself through that? Trust me, you’ll feel like death 3 days into it.
matto75:
Poor terminology on my part, it is a shift rate, I am paid a fixed fee for commencement of shift
You could do with small shifts to earn more … how about
shift 8 hours
rest 9 hours
shift 8 hrs
rest 9 hrs
shift 8 hrs
rest 9 hrs
shift 8 hrs
rest 11 hrs
shift 8 hrs
rest 11 hrs
shift 8 hrs
rest 11 hrs
shift 8 hrs
Regular weekly rest so you could do those 7 shifts every week 
To comply with 48hr rule shift would need to average 8hrs (9hrs with break/POA) so I could get 12hrs rest daily. Fortunately I live <5mins from work so I don’t think it will be too arduous for a few months. Need the income boost temporarily & this would push me over the £40k threshold.
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You can do as many “shifts” as you like between weekly rest, as long as you adhere to driving and rest rules and stop at or before 144 hour mark