shifts / breaks question

Emma240

Is it legal to work 9 and 10 hour shifts 8 days in a row, with as little as seven hours rest period between some?

Eoin

moved to its own thread

Kristopherus

Emma240 wrote: »

Is it legal to work 9 and 10 hour shifts 8 days in a row, with as little as seven hours rest period between some?

No, and if your employer is making you do that, you should report him/her to NERA.

Emma240

can anyone please tell me what I should be entitled to? Its in the run up to Christmas, after my 8 days in a row, im off for Christmas day and back to work the 26th!

WildCardDoW

You're supposed to have a certain amount of hours between shifts, I think 12.

I remember working to like 1-2AM on the 23rd and being back (a few minutes) in on the 24th. Manager was pretty annoyed, though he apologised later that day!

paulgalway

F.Y.I.

castle

There should be an 11 hour rest period between each day of work, so if you finish at midnight you should not be in until at least 11am next morning,
check Nera website

Mrs OBumble

castle wrote: »

There should be an 11 hour rest period between each day of work, so if you finish at midnight you should not be in until at least 11am next morning,
check Nera website

That's corrct in general - but there are some exemptions as per the citizen's information link proivdied above. From memory, these include some parts of the hospitality industry.

Frynge

castle wrote: »

There should be an 11 hour rest period between each day of work, so if you finish at midnight you should not be in until at least 11am next morning,
check Nera website

Don't be too quick to take the info from the NERA websites as correct because quite frankly a lot of it is outdated and inaccurate.