I’m trying to figure out what days I’ll be able to work and I just want to make sure I’m doing it right.
8-10 hour shifts that start midnight. If I work Wed, Thurs, Fri, and Sat I can’t take my weekly rest on the weekend as it isn’t 45 between finishing work and the reset on Sunday 23:59. So this means I’ll have to take my 45 hours on Monday/Tuesday right? You aren’t able to take a weekly rest on a Sunday/Monday because of the week reset? Or does your 45 hours weekly rest not have to be in a fixed week (Mon-Sun)?
They don’t do Sunday shifts so unless I’m doing a reduced weekly rest (would be on the Sunday) am I correct in thinking I’d only be able to work 4 days a week? (Wed/Thurs/Fri/Sat).
“An actual working week starts at the end of a weekly rest period, and finishes when another weekly rest period is commenced, which may mean that weekly rest is taken in the middle of a fixed (Monday–Sunday) week. This is perfectly acceptable – the working week is not required to be aligned with the ‘fixed’ week defined in the rules, provided all the relevant limits are complied with.”
Although you must have a weekly rest period that can be counted for each fixed week the weekly rest period does not have to be completed within the fixed week.
A weekly rest period that crosses two fixed weeks, in other words a weekly rest period that crosses Sunday/Monday, can be used for either week but not both.