11 Hours Break From Work

[jesmond]

i am sure I have read that the employment law states that an 11 hour break is standard between shifts, but my question is can someone choose not to adhere to this (employee specifically) but then should the employer not be expecting their staff to work this way. TIA

[Peter Pedant]

answer here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Time_Directive

good huh five minutes later.....

[ubasses]

https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work/overview

Work your way through above, it is quite clear and gives all the exceptions as well.

[fiction-factory]

One problem with these laws is that they aren't applied when someone has two jobs. There a programme on radio 4 recently about people working nights and working for more than one employer. One chap did a long shift as a carer and then went straight to doing a long shift as a lorry driver every day

[Cloverjo]

I've never heard of law that before. I know I have started work at 9am having finished at midnight the previous shift, and people who work at my OH's business do similarly, quite often. You wouldn't expect people to have to do this day in day out, but in some businesses it's just "get on with it now and you'll get plenty of (paid) time off later."

[ukbod2015]

As a recent leaver from an employer that was desperately undermanned you can choose to work over your statutory hours and curtail or truncate breaks or rest intervals if you wish. Your employer is not allowed to assume that this will become the norm. Depending on your contract it is quite often your choice as to whether your additional hours are paid back as overtime of TOIL ( time off in lieu) although the latter should be taken at a time when it is acceptable to both sides.

[Peter Pedant]

// As a recent leaver from an employer that was desperately undermanned //

yeah UKBod but your erstwhile employer DIDN'T think he was undermanned or would have gone out and hired some people wouldnt he ?

altho I am retired from what was a nationalised industry
the skool leaver administrator actually laughed when I was rung up within the elevn hours and said to me ( a sixty y old ) oh do-do we need our sleep do we ?
...
She did it once - the rule is the clock starts again .... a whole lot of us declined to continue our opt-out from SIMAP

taught me you have to fight for your rights even if they are statutory

[jesmond]

Thanx all. It wouldnt be me but a girl i know does a 13 1/2 hr shift, then has to drive home which takes nearly an hour then goes back at night again which takes almost another hour, and yes i know its her choice but an employer in my opinion should not expect nevermind ask anyone to do this.