Hurk
Mar 17th, 2005, 05:06 PM
I work Sunday from 3:15pm to Midnight, and start a new shift Monday at 6am. I work until 2:45pm that shift.
They are going to give me 8 hours between my shifts, but I thought it was 11 hours.
Any information would be great.
What hours free from work are domestic workers entitled to?
Most employees, including domestic workers, are entitled to a certain number of hours free from having to work.
Daily
An employee must receive at least 11 consecutive hours off work each day.
This employment standard cannot be altered by a written agreement between the employer and employee. It applies even if:
the employer and the employee have agreed in writing that the employee will work excess daily hours, or
the employer has established a regular work day that is longer than eight hours.
However, this rule doesn’t apply to employees who are on call and are called in during a period when they wouldn’t normally be working.
Between shifts
Employees must receive at least eight hours off work between shifts.
This requirement doesn’t apply if the total time worked on both shifts is not more than 13 hours. For example, a domestic worker working a split shift or back-to-back shifts in a home wouldn’t need to receive eight hours off between shifts as long as the total time worked on the two shifts did not exceed 13 hours.
An employer and employee can also agree in writing that the employee will receive less than eight hours off work between shifts.
They are going to give me 8 hours between my shifts, but I thought it was 11 hours.
Any information would be great.
What hours free from work are domestic workers entitled to?
Most employees, including domestic workers, are entitled to a certain number of hours free from having to work.
Daily
An employee must receive at least 11 consecutive hours off work each day.
This employment standard cannot be altered by a written agreement between the employer and employee. It applies even if:
the employer and the employee have agreed in writing that the employee will work excess daily hours, or
the employer has established a regular work day that is longer than eight hours.
However, this rule doesn’t apply to employees who are on call and are called in during a period when they wouldn’t normally be working.
Between shifts
Employees must receive at least eight hours off work between shifts.
This requirement doesn’t apply if the total time worked on both shifts is not more than 13 hours. For example, a domestic worker working a split shift or back-to-back shifts in a home wouldn’t need to receive eight hours off between shifts as long as the total time worked on the two shifts did not exceed 13 hours.
An employer and employee can also agree in writing that the employee will receive less than eight hours off work between shifts.