LRD guides and handbook May 2017

Law at Work 2017

Chapter 4

Daily and weekly rest breaks


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Workers are also entitled to a daily rest period of at least 11 consecutive hours and a weekly rest of not less than 24 hours, which can be averaged over two weeks. An employer can modify this in special cases, or if there is a collective agreement by providing “an equivalent period of compensatory rest”. Young workers have extra protection (see Chapter 2: Young workers).