LRD guides and handbook April 2013

Working Time Regulations - Application and enforcement

Chapter 4

4. WHAT THE WORKING TIME REGULATIONS APPLY TO

Controlling the amount of time spent working is central to most forms of working time regulation in the UK. As the Office for Rail Regulation (ORR) puts it: “Accurately recording and then monitoring the time spent working (and time spent travelling associated with work) helps the company to honestly assess the demands on their employees and the fatigue these demands are likely to generate.”