Rest breaks: Court of Appeal on "compensatory rest" for lone security guard on 12-hour shift
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Hughes v Corps of Commissionaires Management Ltd (No. 2) [2011] IRLR 915 CA (0 other reports)
working time | rest breaks | compensatory rest
The Court of Appeal has held that a lone security guard who could take a rest break during a 12-hour shift, but who had to be on call during that time and could start his rest break again if it was interrupted, was given "compensatory rest" under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833).