LRD guides and handbook November 2023

Health and Safety Law 2023

Chapter 10

WTR and collective and workforce agreements

[page 175]

Collective or workforce agreements can modify or exclude the WTR on the length of night work and daily rest, weekly rest and rest breaks for adults (Regulation 23, WTR). They can also alter the reference period for calculating the average working week, up to a maximum of 52 weeks.