Hierarchy
SAP_HRCGB (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRCGB of SAP_HR⤷
PY-GB-PS (Application Component) Öffentlicher Dienst⤷
P08P1 (Package) HR Public Sector Great Britain
Basic Data
| Data Element | P08_WTDRP |
| Short Description | Working Time Directive "Relevant Period" (in Weeks) |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | P08_GWTDC | |
| Data Type | NUMC | Character string with only digits |
| Length | 2 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 2 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Rel. Per. |
| Medium | 15 | Relevant Period |
| Long | 20 | Relevant Period |
| Heading | 9 | Rel. Per. |
Documentation
Definition
Normally, the Relevant Period of the WTD calculation is an average of 17 weeks. This can be extended to either 26 or 52 weeks under certain circumstances.
Extending the Relevant Period to 26 Weeks
The night work limits (including the limit for special hazards), rights to rest periods and rest breaks do not apply where:
1) A worker works far away from where he or she lives and wants to work longer hours over fewer days to complete a task more quickly. Or he or she constantly has to work in different places making it difficult to work to a set pattern.
2) The work involves security or surveillance to protect property or individuals.
3) The job requires round-the-clock staffing such as hospitals, residential institutions, prisons, media production companies, public utilities or industries where work cannot be interrupted.
4) There are busy peak periods, such as may apply seasonally in agriculture, retail, tourism and postal services.
In these cases, the reference period for the weekly working time limit is extended from 17 to 26 weeks. In addition workers are entitled to "compensatory rest".
Extending the Relevant Period to 52 Weeks
Employers and workers can agree that the night work limits, rights to rest periods and rest breaks may be varied, with the workers receiving "compensatory rest" (see below). They may also agree to extend the reference period for the working time limits up to 52 weeks.
What is compensatory rest?
"Compensatory rest" is a period of rest the same length as the period of rest, or part of a period of rest, that a worker has missed.
The regulations give all workers a right to 90 hours of rest in a week. This is the total of your entitlement to daily and weekly rest periods. The exceptions allow you to take rest in a different pattern to that set out in the regulations.
The principle is that everyone gets his or her entitlement of 90 hours rest a week on average, although some rest may come slightly later than normal.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20010720 |
| SAP Release Created in |
