11 Hours (Eleven Book 1)

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Where an employee changes shift, it may not be possible for them to take their full rest entitlement prior to starting their new pattern of work. Similarly, employees who work split shifts, for example, staff on morning and evening shifts, may not be able to take their full rest entitlement between shifts. The Working Time Regulations indicate that in these circumstances, daily and weekly rest entitlements do not apply. However within NHS Fife where the full daily and weekly rest periods cannot be taken, arrangements should be made to allow equivalent compensatory rest as soon as possible. This can be easily done by, including a special box in a time sheet asking whether or not the person has another employer or another post/s with NHS Fife. Provided this question has been asked, the requirement has been carried out, irrespective of whether or not the employee is willing to answer the question. It should be remembered that although an employer is not required to keep records of the average number of hours an employee has worked over the relevant reference period if they have agreed to opt out of the 48 hour weekly working limit, NHS Fife has agreed to undertake this record keeping as good practice.

The case law suggests that the exemptions for shift workers only applies where the shift worker “cannot” take a rest period, and producing shift patents that do not include the required rest breaks, would not in itself trigger the exemption. It is therefore hard to see how this exemption would apply to the social care and housing sector.It is recommended that where an employee who is on stand-by is called on to work after midnight, they should not return to work until 11 hours after the end of their last call-out. To allow for individual flexibility, notice periods to amend the agreement should be negotiated between the employee and their manager at the time the agreement is made. Notice must be given in writing. In accordance with the Working Time Regulations the notice period to terminate an agreement should not be less than 7 days but no more than 3 months. Working time will also include civic and public duties; health and safety; and trade union duties plus any additional time, which may be covered by this collective agreement. b) if it is to be for a specific period, clearly state the relevant dates and give the reason for the increased hours, e.g. the absence of a colleague or an increase in workload;

If you do not know the percentage that you contribute, you can instead choose to enter the amount, in pounds and pence, that you contribute from each payslip. If the employee is working for another employer, details of the additional hours they are working with the other employer, must be stated below:The Working Time Regulations specify that time when an employee is “on-call”, but otherwise free to pursue their own activities , that is not counted as working time. The Regulations provide workers with the following rest periods and breaks unless they are excluded workers or exempt: Employees are, therefore, now required as part of their contract of employment to inform their Line Manager of any other employment they may have when they commence employment with NHS Fife or if they commence secondary employment during their employment with NHS Fife. However, it is not necessary for the employee to give their Line Manager details of their other employment, including the type of work which they are performing, unless there is potential conflict of interests. If this is the case, the onus is on the employee to discuss this with their Line Manager. The provisions entitling workers to 11 hours rest per day and 24 hours rest per week (or 48 hours per fortnight) do not apply in relation to either of the following: Until not so long ago seconds were defined based on astronomical events. However, in 1967 it was redefined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 energy transitions of the cesium atom. This led to atomic timekeeping, which is accurate to 1 second over 20 million years, and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), allowing for much more precise time calculations such as those performed by our software. The importance of time measurement