From what I remember/understand you can’t work ‘‘in 7 consecutive 24 hour periods’’
So I did:
Mon, Tue - off
Wed. 00:30 (don’t remember the exact time but it’s not that relevant)
Thu - 01:00
Fri - 01:00
Sat - 00:30 - finish 10:00
Then I’m in
Sun - 22:00
Mon- 21
Tue - 23:59/00:00
Wed - off
I was offered an extra shift for the upcoming Wed night (let’s assume enough daily rest after the Tue 00:00 start) but I declined based on my understanding about the 7 days in a row HOWEVER I didn’t realize there are 24+ rest hours between the finish of my Sat shift and the beginning of the Sunday shift, doesn’t that count as a weekly rest (albeit a reduced one) and doesn’t that reset the consecutive working days count?
You cannot do work in seven 24 hour periods without a weekly rest period but it is possible to do some work on 7 consecutive days, the rule is that after no more than six 24 hour periods (144 hours) you must start a new weekly rest period.
A weekly rest period is a regular 45 hour weekly rest period or a reduced weekly rest period of no less than 24 hours.
A weekly rest period resets the six periods of 24 hours.
The 36 hour rest period between Saturdays and Sundays shifts counts as a reduced weekly rest period and resets the six 24 hour periods.
So based on the fact that you started work at 22:00 on Sunday after a reduced weekly rest period of 36 hours you would need to start a new weekly rest period no later than 22:00 the following Saturday.
Thanks, I didn’t realize at the time that there was actually a full day off between Sat night to Sun night since I’m so used to starting early morning I automatically counted the Sun as consecutive to Sat.
Learning the hard way as usual. Anyway nice to see you’re still around, Tachograph and thanks for the help.