This may seem a stupid question from someone who has been driving for nearly 2 years now but I’d rather check and make sure its right. The first 18 months I was in permanent employment working Monday-Friday so Saturday and Sunday were always my 45+ weekly rest periods. The last 6 months Ive been doing agency work and in the lead up to christmas I was working 6 on 3 off so my 45+ rest was always covered. However now its gone a bit quieter as it invariable does at this time of year my working days have been a bit muddled up and so ive come across a situation I never really had to think about hence the stupid question as its never something that I had to consider.
Obviously my working week started again at 3am on the Saturday when I went back but am I right in thinking that by not working on Tuesday that resets my working week again, albeit as a reduced weekly rest period or is that wrong and its 6 duties from the Saturday. Whats confused me is the fact Ive worked 3 days after a weekly rest period then was off again. I should add I am aware of the compensation rules about making any reduction by the end of the 3rd week. Ive always made a point of reading up on the rules and staying legal however there is no case by case scenario which is why im asking the question? Hope this makes sense.
tmcassett:
am I right in thinking that by not working on Tuesday that resets my working week again, albeit as a reduced weekly rest period
Yes that’s right, a weekly rest period or a reduced weekly rest period always allows you to start a new set of six 24 hour periods.
So even if you have Thursday and Friday off, a day off Tuesday resets the six 24 hour periods and allows you to work until Monday before needing to have another weekly rest period.
Thanks for that, I thought that was the case but then just suddenly thought because it was only 1 day and it was only 3 days after the last weekly rest period was it too soon in VOSA’s eyes to start a new week again.
Any rest period of 24 hours or more is a reduced weekly rest period even if you’ve only done one days work, any rest period of at-least 45 hours is a regular weekly rest period even if you’ve only done one days work.
tachograph:
Any rest period of 24 hours or more is a reduced weekly rest period even if you’ve only done one days work, any rest period of at-least 45 hours is a regular weekly rest period even if you’ve only done one days work.
If a period of 30 hours off was taken and 10 of those hours were used as payback then am I right in saying that although its a rest period of more than 24 hours it cannot be a reduced weekly rest ?
If a period of 30 hours off was taken and 10 of those hours were used as payback then am I right in saying that although its a rest period of more than 24 hours it cannot be a reduced weekly rest ?
Payback has to be attached, en bloc, to a weekly or daily rest. So what you say is correct as, taking off the 10 hours payback, you are only left with 20 hours which is no more than a daily rest period.
