Daily rest when you are a full time driver

LSPOSTIE2012 · Post by **LSPOSTIE2012** » 06 Apr 2016, 23:48

If you are a full time driver of 39 Hours whats the daily rest break?
I've heard its 12.5 Hours but I cant find any information relating to this.
The duty's driving content is about 5 Hours per day of driving.

shepherdess · Post by **shepherdess** » 07 Apr 2016, 18:23

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Post by **Lounge Lizard** » 07 Apr 2016, 23:39

LSPOSTIE2012 wrote:If you are a full time driver of 39 Hours whats the daily rest break?
I've heard its 12.5 Hours but I cant find any information relating to this.
The duty's driving content is about 5 Hours per day of driving.

You can't expect a daily rest of 12½ hours when you're averaging just under 8 hours a day.

LSPOSTIE2012 · Post by **LSPOSTIE2012** » 08 Apr 2016, 00:36

Lounge Lizard wrote:
LSPOSTIE2012 wrote:If you are a full time driver of 39 Hours whats the daily rest break?
I've heard its 12.5 Hours but I cant find any information relating to this.
The duty's driving content is about 5 Hours per day of driving.
You can't expect a daily rest of 12½ hours when you're averaging just under 8 hours a day.

The guy in charge of putting the duties together said 'because you will be a full time driver you will need 12.5 hours daily rest'
This is working in distribution for network on nights, most of the working time is driving, I beleived the rest break to be as normal 11 hours- Am I right?

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 08 Apr 2016, 09:06

Check the link posted above - it does say at least 11 hours rest every day.

So if the company have an official policy of 12.5hours its still within the law. They can't give you less rest, but they can give you more.

For local details on hours etc check with your rep or branch.

LSPOSTIE2012 · Post by **LSPOSTIE2012** » 11 Apr 2016, 07:39

I'll do that, thanks