breaks

nealydun · Post by **nealydun** » 09 Nov 2007, 16:11

i work a 40 hr week over 3 nights does anyone else work these hrs on the nightshift, if so what is your breaks, mine seem a bit poor start 5pm sun get break at 10pm - 10.30pm then 2am till 2.40am then 5.10am till 5.30am and finish at 7am then mon night and tue night same time for breaks but start at 6pm - 7am although it is great to get 4 nights off together i find the 3 nighter a bit rough on the legs as you dont get much of chance to sit depending on your duty, any advice and no i am not going back to 5 nighter as getting out of ta place for 4 nights is keeping me sane{i think}???????

Fluke · Post by **Fluke** » 09 Nov 2007, 16:19

The breaks seem reasonable to me. Have you considered splitting the breaks into smaller ones? To be honest I have never heard of a 3 night week in RM, 10 hours shifts are long enough.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 09 Nov 2007, 16:35

Sounds right to me 3 x 90 Mins = 270mins

mine are 5 * 40 mins = 200 mins

------ Lucky bugger you get 70 mins more than me

nealydun · Post by **nealydun** » 10 Nov 2007, 17:52

how do you get 70 mins less for a 40 hour week if i was on a 5 nighter i would be getting 5 hours over the week but as i am on a 3 nighter {still 40 hrs} i get 4hrs 30 mins, and i feel i am loosing but you must be loosing out big time and i thought it was bad er in mallusk

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 10 Nov 2007, 17:53

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:Sounds right to me 3 x 90 Mins = 270mins

mine are 5 * 40 mins = 200 mins

------ Lucky bugger you get 70 mins more than me

Under the way forward agreement 13+ hour duty's are 70 minutes if any one is on a 15 hour duty could have 80 minutes with the advent of long and short's we should all be mindful of these meal breake time's for if you work 7 hour's you get 30 mins if you work 9 hour's you get 50 mins.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 10 Nov 2007, 19:39

k979aaa wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:Sounds right to me 3 x 90 Mins = 270mins

mine are 5 * 40 mins = 200 mins

------ Lucky bugger you get 70 mins more than me
Under the way forward agreement 13+ hour duty's are 70 minutes if any one is on a 15 hour duty could have 80 minutes with the advent of long and short's we should all be mindful of these meal breake time's for if you work 7 hour's you get 30 mins if you work 9 hour's you get 50 mins.

Once again this site gives me information I had not previously been aware of. Thanks k979aaa I will be taking that info into work on Monday.

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k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 10 Nov 2007, 19:51

I have a copy of the way forward agreement so any questions you may have fire away but i think the CWU website may have it also.