[Place of Employment]

Employment Standard

EXAMPLE

Hours of Work: Daily Rest Provision and Provision for Rest in Between Shifts

Requirements

EXAMPLE

The maximum number of hours and employee can be required to work is:

• eight hours a day, or the number of hours in an established regular work day that is longer than eight hours, and
• 48 hours in a workweek.

An employee may work hours in excess of these daily and weekly limits if he or she agrees to do so in writing and if certain other conditions are met.

An employee must have at least 11 consecutive hours free from performing work in each day.

An employee must also have at least eight consecutive hours free from performing work in between shifts. The requirement does not apply where:

• the total time worked on the successive shifts is 13 hours or less, or
• the employee and employer agree in writing to forego or shorten the eight-hour break.

An employee must receive at least:

• 24 consecutive hours off work in each work week, or
• 48 consecutive hours off work in every two consecutive weeks

The daily, between shift and weekly/bi weekly rest period requirements in the Act do not apply if there are "exceptional circumstances" as set out in s.19 of the ESA.

Comments

EXAMPLE

Compliant: As a part-time employee here, I typically work four hour shifts, totalling between 8 and 16 hours per week.

Compliant: I always have at least 11 hours free from performing work.

Compliant: I always have eight consecutive hours free from performing work in between my shifts.

Compliant: I always receive 24 consecutive hours off work in each work week.

Possibly Non-compliant: I know of a full time co-worker who, last month, worked 7 days straight one week, then 6 days straight the following week.