Can I do this work pattern.....?

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Looking to take next Tuesday off and want to work on the Monday to help the boss out (I’m nice like that) and to soften the blow when I ask for the day off :laughing: but I want to know if I can as I normally work Tues-Sat. The work pattern will be as follows…

31st July (tomorrow) = 6am till finish, only got 3 local drops so before dinner I’m hoping.
1st/2nd Aug = normal weekly rest
3rd/4th Aug = Holiday to move house, tagged onto weekly rest.

5th-7th Aug = Normal hours, our work always complys with tacho/daily rest regs so no problems here. Probably be done around dinner/early afternoon on the Saturday (7th).

8th Aug - weekly rest.

9th Aug - Hoping to work, probably 5am till 4/5pm would be a normal shift.

10th Aug - off hopefully.

11th Aug onwards, usual hours and back on my standard Tues-Sat contract.

I wont be able to fit in 45 hours from the Sat-Mon so it would be a reduced weekly rest (I’ve never taken one so I have one available), can the Tuesday class as repaying the reduction? and as my 6x24 hour periods begin from 5am Monday, when would I need to start my weekly rest by? I ideally want to begin a new working week (to me Tues-Sat) on a clean sheet with nothing needing to be paid back if possible.

As I’ve found in the past I’m probably over thinking the rules but I don’t want to offer to work the Monday if I can’t legally do it.

Thanks
Mark.

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No problem working the Monday and everything else is legal. Your reduced rest is going to be around 40 hours, if you finish lunchtime on the Saturday leaving you around 5 hours to compensate for. When you finish on Saturday the 14th and don’t go back to work until Tuesday the 17th that will be taken care of. You might even be able to pay it back earlier than that if you have enough of a daily rest period, 14 hours if you have 5 to pay back.

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Thanks Neil, just the reply I wanted.

Mark.