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How many consecutive days of work before a day off?

  • 27-07-2016 10:11pm
    #1
    HiThereHowAreY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭


    Just curious if there's a legal maximum amount of consecutive days work before you have a day off?

    My job has two days off a week. So for example, can my employer give me my days off on Monday and Tuesday and then have my next days off be the saturday and sunday of the following week? Meaning I'd be working 10 days in a row without a day off.


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  • #2
    Slydice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Had a quick look at the law:
    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/act/20/enacted/en/print

    only gave a quick search for 'days'
    Weekly rest periods.
    13.—(1) In this section “daily rest period” means a rest period referred to in section 11 .

    (2) Subject to subsection (3), an employee shall, in each period of 7 days, be granted a rest period of at least 24 consecutive hours; subject to subsections (4) and (6), the time at which that rest period commences shall be such that that period is immediately preceded by a daily rest period.
    Weekly working hours.
    15.—(1) An employer shall not permit an employee to work, in each period of 7 days, more than an average of 48 hours, that is to say an average of 48 hours calculated over a period (hereafter in this section referred to as a “reference period ”) that does not exceed—

    (a) 4 months, or
    (b) 6 months—
    (i) in the case of an employee employed in an activity referred to in paragraph 2, point 2.1. of Article 17 of the Council Directive, or
    (ii) where due to any matter referred to in section 5 , it would not be practicable (if a reference period not exceeding 4 months were to apply in relation to the employee) for the employer to comply with this subsection,
    or
    (c) such length of time as, in the case of an employee employed in an activity mentioned in subsection (5), is specified in a collective agreement referred to in that subsection.

    So like... you get 1 day off a week.

    Don't work more than 48 hours a week (on average ... over 4 months.. 6 if it's special (check the act for what's special).. or a different amount if specified in your contract)


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