Working less than 6 hours

ASK THE EXPERTS SAFETY, LAW AND WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE FORUM (INTE
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Hi.

I finished work early today, taking a few hours holiday to keep my wages up. I started work at 00:30 and finished at 06:00. I didn’t meet any criteria to take any breaks, but should I make a manual entry of a 15 minute break, just to satisfy the WTD 6 hour rule?

Thanks.

Neil.

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TruckerNeil:
Hi.

I finished work early today, taking a few hours holiday to keep my wages up. I started work at 00:30 and finished at 06:00. I didn’t meet any criteria to take any breaks, but should I make a manual entry of a 15 minute break, just to satisfy the WTD 6 hour rule?

Thanks.

Neil.

Nope

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  • nope
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TruckerNeil:
I finished work early today, taking a few hours holiday to keep my wages up. I started work at 00:30 and finished at 06:00. I didn’t meet any criteria to take any breaks, but should I make a manual entry of a 15 minute break, just to satisfy the WTD 6 hour rule?

It’s only your actual working time hours that count for the WTD break requirements, so regardless of what holiday you booked you only worked 5 1/2 hours so legally you don’t need to book any breaks.

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Cheers for the info and all of the replies. :smiley: