LRD guides and handbook October 2024

Health and Safety Law 2024

Workers are entitled to a rest break where they work more than six hours in a day (Regulation 12, WTR). This must be an uninterrupted period of at least 20 minutes away from any workstation. There is no statutory right to a second 20-minute break after 12 hours’ work (The Corps of Commissionaires Management v Hughes UKEAT/0196/08/CEA). The break must be taken during, rather than at the start or end of a shift.