LRD guides and handbook August 2013

Health and safety law 2013

Chapter 9

Shift workers

The regulations on daily and weekly rest periods do not apply to shift workers when they change shifts and cannot take the rest periods between the end of one shift and the start of the next one. Similarly, they do not apply to workers whose work is split up over the day, such as cleaners. But in both cases, they are entitled to compensatory rest.