What is the maximum hours you can work on a day?

[businessor]

Hello

What is the maximum hours you can work on a day?

Regardless of the weekly average.

Thanks!

 

[AllUpHere]

24.

 

[paulears]

You see we're guessing at your question - without context, 24 is as close as we can get. Are you an employee feeling you're being taken advantage of, are you a union official trying to get info on the quiet. Are you self employed and your job really does mean sometimes you've done 24 non-stop and want to know if it's normal? Are you an employer who is confused by the European Worktime Directive - as in does it still exist, or maybe your job needs does means somebody has to be on duty occasionally for 24 Hrs? How do we know.

I'm old now, but in my younger days, I've done 24 through necessity. I couldn't;t do it now, bit in my 40s it was reasonably frequent. As I was earning for those hours I never complained!

 

[Mr D]

Hello

What is the maximum hours you can work on a day?

Regardless of the weekly average.

Thanks!

24

Have to be a major problem to get me working that but could be done.

 

[businessor]

I thought if there is a regulation that prevents companies from asking people to work 14h per day for 2 consecutive days and 5 days free in between,

 

[Scalloway]

Maximum weekly working hours - You can’t work more than 48 hours a week on average.

https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours

Rest breaks at work -

Workers have the right to either:

an uninterrupted 24 hours without any work each week
an uninterrupted 48 hours without any work each fortnight

https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work

 

[Nico Albrecht]

24

Technically to be more precise and give him the possible best advise it would be only 23 hours. That's how many hours a day has. Earth only needs 23 hours and 56minutes to spin around its own access.

You can work safely 23 hours

 

[JEREMY HAWKE]

24
The work dont stop

 

[Mark T Jones]

Personally about 4

HGV drivers have maximum daily hours - I'm not aware of any other environment that does

 

[Newchodge]

There are no maximum daily work hours in legislation. There are, however, minimum breaks between shifts.

 

[WaveJumper]

Loads of info here for you too:
https://www.acas.org.uk/working-hours

 

[Paul Norman]

It does depend.

If you are a lorry driver, there are strict rules.

If you are employed, there are requirements for breaks.

If you are self employed, you can work the whole 24 hours.

The rules set out a maximum average over a period of time - that is the working time directive. You can 'ask' your staff to sign away this protection if you are a bit of a git. I believe it is planned to remove this rule soon, so we can make staff work longer hours.

 

[Mr D]

I thought if there is a regulation that prevents companies from asking people to work 14h per day for 2 consecutive days and 5 days free in between,

You asked how many hours can be worked.

Not what is legal.

Never come across that 5 days in between bit. Certainly the NHS could not cope that way.

 

[Mr D]

It does depend.

If you are a lorry driver, there are strict rules.

If you are employed, there are requirements for breaks.

If you are self employed, you can work the whole 24 hours.

The rules set out a maximum average over a period of time - that is the working time directive. You can 'ask' your staff to sign away this protection if you are a bit of a git. I believe it is planned to remove this rule soon, so we can make staff work longer hours.

Or for staff to work longer hours because they want the money.

 

[Darren_Ssc]

You can 'ask' your staff to sign away this protection if you are a bit of a git.

In my shop-fitting days I was politely 'asked' to sign away this protection. The benefit of doing so meant I could continue to work silly hours and treble what I would get just working a standard 48 hours. I don't think it did me any good in the long term but there is probably a happy medium to found - regular 80 hour weeks aren't it.

I don't know what the situation is now but for a lot of less skilled workers it isn't really an issue because most employers will just set on another couple people on a 16 hour a week contract with the state picking up the bill for their real living costs.

 

[Mr D]

In my shop-fitting days I was politely 'asked' to sign away this protection. The benefit of doing so meant I could continue to work silly hours and treble what I would get just working a standard 48 hours. I don't think it did me any good in the long term but there is probably a happy medium to found - regular 80 hour weeks aren't it.

I don't know what the situation is now but for a lot of less skilled workers it isn't really an issue because most employers will just set on another couple people on a 16 hour a week contract with the state picking up the bill for their real living costs.

Back when I were a lad I worked a few seasons at a nearby tourist trap.
During the season could work an 80 hour week. For weeks on end.
Getting 160 a week as a 16 year old was good money back then - out of season working a 40 hour week for 40 quid.... Not so much.

Working time limit cut income from one job so a chunk of the people that had been earning decent money then simply started a 2nd job. Even if it was less money.
So work during the week at one place work weekends elsewhere.

 

[MarkOnline]

Back when I were a lad I worked a few seasons at a nearby tourist trap.
During the season could work an 80 hour week. For weeks on end.
Getting 160 a week as a 16 year old was good money back then - out of season working a 40 hour week for 40 quid.... Not so much.

Working time limit cut income from one job so a chunk of the people that had been earning decent money then simply started a 2nd job. Even if it was less money.
So work during the week at one place work weekends elsewhere.

You must be doing 80 hours a week on here, years on end.

 

[Mr D]

You must be doing 80 hours a week on here, years on end.

LOL - nowhere near.

 

[JEREMY HAWKE]

Personally about 4

HGV drivers have maximum daily hours - I'm not aware of any other environment that does

Deep sea divers They go around the bend or something

 

[Darren_Ssc]

You must be doing 80 hours a week on here, years on end.

Because I'd hate to miss one of your witty comments.

 

[MarkOnline]

Because I'd hate to miss one of your witty comments.

Sometimes i'm absolutely hilarious, what can I say. I presume you dont want to join my fan club Take deep breaths you'll be fine.