European Working Time Directive Analysis Calculations
Average Weekly Hours of Work
The figure used is derived in a manner almost identical to the "Average weekly hours of duty" for New deal analysis. There are two differences:
Prospective cover (or Riddell formula adjustment) are not included
For a non-resident work pattern, rest periods while on call are not counted as work and are not included in the calculated average work hours.
Eleven Hours Continuous Rest in any 24 Hour Period
DRS checks this by examining the 24 hours following every start of duty. In general, a problem will be indicated if there is not a continuous period of 11 hours off duty in this 24 hours. For non resident work patterns, rest in the duty is counted towards the 11 hours.
If this test fails, DRS will check for the availability of compensatory rest immediately following the 24 hour period. For example, 24 hours on duty followed by 22 hours of rest will be allowed. 22 hours is necessary to allow 11 hours compensatory rest from the previous 24 hours and 11 hours of rest for the current 24 hours. In such a case DRS will not flag a failure but will show a warning.
A duty in excess of 24 hours will always fail this test.
A 35 Hour Continuous Rest in Each 7 Day Period
7 day periods are examined starting when work starts on the Monday of each week in the pattern. If no 35 hour rest period is found, DRS will look forward another 7 days for a 59 hour rest period. If this is not found a compliance failure will be logged.
