LRD guides and handbook October 2024

Health and Safety Law 2024

The meetings the two Unite reps attended took place late in the afternoon, meaning they only had six and nine hours respectively between the end of the meetings and the beginning of their night shifts. They argued that under Regulation 10(1) of the Working Time Regulations 1998 they should have been given 11 hours rest between carrying out their functions as union reps, that is, attending the meetings, and beginning their respective shifts.