tachograph:
Don’t bother feeding the troll ROG, he couldn’t answer the OPs question or he would have done
you answer my question
why does it matter what days of the week a driver takes his/ hers weekly rest
you belittled the op stating they didn’t give you this info
I will ask again
why does it matter
I wasn’t aware that I’d belittled the OP and doubt that he took my remark that way.
But either way, read the thread and you’ll see I’ve already answered your question twice, I have no intention of wasting my time answering the same question again just because you’re too dumb to understand what’s written
It does not matter when you have your rest as long as you have it and what is all this having to take a break at weekend rubbish can you show me where that is written.
Dafman:
It does not matter when you have your rest as long as you have it and what is all this having to take a break at weekend rubbish can you show me where that is written.
In some cirumstances a weekly rest that spans sunday midnight can be used to allow for two reduced weekly rests in a row
Weekly rests that do not include sunday midnight can only be used for one particular fixed week
Dafman:
It does not matter when you have your rest as long as you have it and what is all this having to take a break at weekend rubbish can you show me where that is written.
Who’s said anything about having to take breaks at weekends
It matters when weekly rests fall to the extent that a regular weekly rest period has to be able to be counted for at-least every second fixed week (Monday to Sunday).
It really is time it was simplified I use to do loads of hours up to the max and then more, now It is the opposite I do 40 hours a week so don’t need to worry about breaks and rests so much, why can it be something like you can work so many hours a day none of this reduced rest and 15 hour days rubbish, just you can work so many hours and in that period you have to have so many hours off say 11 or 12 with a minimum of say 9 or 10 hours must be taken in one period.
I wasn’t belittled at all. I asked for help and got it, which I’m glad I did. I find it confusing when my rest periods are all over the place.
If I worked Monday- Friday, with weekends off it would be easier to work out. But as I work any day’s with rest days all over, I can find it complicated.
I wasn’t aware that fixed week was taken into account when working out weekly rest periods.
I assumed driving hours came under fixed week, and rest periods (not breaks) came under WTD.
JFC999:
Cheers Tacho, I got it right for once!
Thanks for your help
Jim
By that I assume you had 4 days off at easter ?
Yes Rog, fri, sat, sun, mon off previous week.
Just to move it on a bit, if I worked two sats in a row as stated and then had two sats off I would still compensate for both weeks reduced rest within the 3 week period therefore be legal ?
Jim
JFC999:
Cheers Tacho, I got it right for once!
Thanks for your help
Jim
By that I assume you had 4 days off at easter ?
Yes Rog, fri, sat, sun, mon off previous week.
Just to move it on a bit, if I worked two sats in a row as stated and then had two sats off I would still compensate for both weeks reduced rest within the 3 week period therefore be legal ?
Jim
Having 4 days off and including sunday midnight means that the first 45 hours can be used as a regular weekly rest for the fixed week 25 to 31 march
The last 45 hours of those 4 days off can be used as a regular weekly rest for the fixed week 1 to 7 april
The fixed week from 8 to 14 april can have a reduced weekly rest
Another reduced weekly rest may also be needed to prevent more than 144 hours (6x24 hour periods) being done between weekly rests but as only one weekly rest is required for a fixed week then other (extra) weekly rests will not need compensating for
As long as the fixed week from 15 to 21 april has a 45 hour regular weekly rest at any point in that week then all is legal
JFC999:
Just to move it on a bit, if I worked two sats in a row as stated and then had two sats off I would still compensate for both weeks reduced rest within the 3 week period therefore be legal ?
Jim
As ROG has said that would be legal because the last 45 hours of your Easter holiday counts as a regular weekly rest period for the first week after the holiday.
Only one of the two reduced weekly rest periods (7/4/13 & 15/4/13) would need to be compensated for.
Whether or not the following regular weekly rest periods after those dates would compensate for the reduced weekly rest period depends on how much is owed and how long the regular weekly rest periods are.
You can compensate for just the longest of the two reduced weekly rest periods, and the compensation will need to be paid back by the end of Sunday 5th May.
You’re probably already aware that from now on each weekly rest period will fall at the end of the week, so you will not be able to have only reduced weekly rest periods on two consecutive weekends again until you again have at-least 90 hours consecutive rest or two 45 hour rest periods in the same week.
haribo4000:
I wasn’t belittled at all. I asked for help and got it, which I’m glad I did.
I’m glad it sorted things out for you, and that my remark about there not being enough information and my crystal ball malfunctioning wasn’t taken the wrong way
So if my previous weekly rest( easter weekend) had not been a 90 hours I wouldnt have been legal? After two reduced weekly rests my normal full weekend off would be finish 1600 fri start again mon 0600 which is 62 hours and pays back what I owe.
Jim
JFC999:
So if my previous weekly rest( easter weekend) had not been a 90 hours I wouldnt have been legal?
No that’s not quite correct.
You would definitely have been legal assuming that you haven’t had two consecutive weekends with only reduced weekly rest periods since your last holiday/rest period of 90 hours, regardless of when that was.
