Hi all my boss has changed my shift pattern. I had a full rest before he did this. This weekend I reduced to 41.5 hours. Can I reduce again next weekend paying everything back on the following or does next weekend have to be a full 45+
pickandmix:
Hi all my boss has changed my shift pattern. I had a full rest before he did this. This weekend I reduced to 41.5 hours. Can I reduce again next weekend paying everything back on the following or does next weekend have to be a full 45+
It may be possible to have two reduced weekly rest periods on consecutive weekends but it would mean tracing your weekly rest periods back a few weeks.
Can you trace your weekly rest periods back to the last time you had ninety hours off ?
Generally it’s best to stick to a reduced weekly rest period no more than every second week.
My weekly rest before my reduced was 59.25 before that was 59.5
pickandmix:
My weekly rest before my reduced was 59.25 before that was 59.5
That doesn’t help I’m afraid.
If you always only have one weekly rest period each week at the weekend and you don’t work nights it’s possible that you can legally have two reduced weekly rest periods on consecutive weekends (as a one off occurrence), however I can’t be cerain without knowing your weekly rest periods right back to the last time you had 90 consecutive hours rest.
If you cannot trace back your weekly rest periods that far it’s best to stick to having a regular 45 hour weekly rest period at-least every second week.
pickandmix:
Hi all my boss has changed my shift pattern. I had a full rest before he did this. This weekend I reduced to 41.5 hours. Can I reduce again next weekend paying everything back on the following or does next weekend have to be a full 45+
I maybe wrong if things have changed and will stand correcting.
Reduce for two weeks the third week rest must include the hours by which you reduced by plus 45
eg:- reduce by 3.5 the first week 4.5 the second week total rest on the third week must then be 53
Much simpler to reduce one week and repay on the second
Compensation for a reduced weekly rest period should be paid back en-block by the end of the third week following the week in which the reduced weekly rest period was taken.
pickandmix:
Hi all my boss has changed my shift pattern. I had a full rest before he did this. This weekend I reduced to 41.5 hours. Can I reduce again next weekend paying everything back on the following or does next weekend have to be a full 45+
Assuming you have weekends off which include sunday midnight…
It may be possible to do 2 weekend reduce in a row (Would need all your weekly rests up to now from the last time you had 69 to 90 hours off to determine that) as a one off but not as a regular thing
90 hours?
pickandmix:
90 hours?
If you had a period off which is 90 hours or more and includes sunday midnight then it can be used as 2 x 45s - one for the week ending and one for the week starting
Ah.
I don’t have 90s off. I usually finite Friday afternoon and start Monday morning
Can you have two reduced rest periods in one week?
pickandmix:
I don’t have 90s off. I usually finite Friday afternoon and start Monday morning
The last time you had 90 consecutive hours off is likely to be when you last had a holiday.
As I said before if you cannot trace your weekly rest periods back you’re better off sticking to a regular weekly rest period every second week.
Radar19:
Can you have two reduced rest periods in one week?
Yes but they remain two reduced weekly rest periods.
Two reduced weekly rest periods in the same week don’t make a regular weekly rest period as some people seem to think.
pickandmix:
I don’t have 90s off. I usually finite Friday afternoon and start Monday morning
There must have been a time during the last few weeks or months that you did even if it was as long ago as last Easter ?
Last bank hols
I see. My truck went down on Wednesday which mean’t I was sat twiddling my thumbs on thursday which counted as a weekly rest period because it was over 24 hours since I ejected my card. I worked yesterday because of this so I’ve only got about 30 odd hours before my shift starts again for Monday.
Radar19:
Can you have two reduced rest periods in one week?
you could do this
Work mon
off tue = reduced weekly rest
work wed
off thu = reduced weekly rest
work fri
off sat = reduced weekly rest
work sun
off mon = reduced weekly rest
work tue
off wed = reduced weekly rest
work thu
off fri + sat = regular weekly rest
work sun
etc
I see. I guess next weekend I’m insiting on a 45 hour rest then.
pickandmix:
Last bank hols
I think you’re missing the point mate, the only way a proper answer can be given is if you can tell us all your weekly rest periods and reduced weekly rest periods since the last bank holiday, if that was the last time you had a few days off.
There’s no other way to work it out properly, anything else would just be a guess which would be of no use to you.
pickandmix:
Last bank hols
Lets ASSUME that you were off on the August bank holiday Monday and before then you always had a regular weekly rest
Lets say that was a Friday finish at 6pm and a Tuesday start at 6am = 84 hours off
Using that 84 we can use 39 as a reduced weekly rest for the week ending and 45 for the week starting
The 5 (OOPS should be 6 not 5) hours payback for the 39 can be done with a daily or weekly rest so that will not be an issue
We now have weekly rests at the start of each week instead of the end
From that point until now all those weekly rests at the start of each week are regular ones
We now come to needing two reduced weekends in a row
We already have a regular weekly rest at the start of the week so use the reduced at the end of the week as a reduced for the week starting and at the end of that week we take another reduced which we will not use for any week but at the end of that week we have a regular which we will use for that week so its at the end of it
We have now moved the weekly rests from the start to the end of the week leaving an unused reduced weekly rest which can probably be used to payback anything owing from the first reduced weekly rest
Seems complicated but its actually quite easy to get your head around when considered carefully
CAVEAT - this can only work if all the weekly rests include sunday midnight because a weekly rest which includes it can be used for either the week ending or the week starting but not both