LRD guides and handbook July 2015

Health and safety law 2015

Chapter 9

Collective and workforce agreements

[ch 9: pages 169-170]

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). They can also alter the reference period for calculating the average working week, up to a maximum of 52 weeks.