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Hello All, I was wondering if anyones knows any examples of sucessful prosecutions of construction companies where excessive working hours on site have been a factor in an acident. Or, where exccessive hours worked by agency / sub-contracted staff have been seen as an unacceptable way of avoiding the EU Working Time Directive.
I have tried several google serches but come up with nothing. Thanks
Andy
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Hi Andy
The only case I can think of is where an employee had a road accident after working excessive hours and was permitted to drive home by his employer - citation escapes me. Of course, there may be future cases, but linking excessive hours directly with an accident is problematic in itself because there could be a number of causal factors in construction site accident.
The HSE guidance Indg 382 may be worth a read.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf
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Hi
what do U mean by 'excessive' hours?
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Frank Field Chair of the Commons Work and Pensions Committee has asked HSE to investigate Hermes couriers who are being asked to work 7 days a week in the run up to Christmas. Some couriers could end up working 20 successive days. HSE is "considering his request".
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Thanks for your resposnes. Bob, what constitutes "Excessive" is part of my problem. We do have some sub-contracted operatives working long hours on site, on a number of sucessive days.
A timesheet came across my desk after an labour agency queried the validity of the claimed hours, i.e. 20,19,20,20, for 4 consecutive days. To my mind this is excessive, and dangerous.
In an attempt to educate Site Managers and Contract Managers of the risks involved in this I was hoping there might be some guidance.
Andy
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Originally Posted by: fiesta  Thanks for your resposnes. Bob, what constitutes "Excessive" is part of my problem. We do have some sub-contracted operatives working long hours on site, on a number of sucessive days.
A timesheet came across my desk after an labour agency queried the validity of the claimed hours, i.e. 20,19,20,20, for 4 consecutive days. To my mind this is excessive, and dangerous.
In an attempt to educate Site Managers and Contract Managers of the risks involved in this I was hoping there might be some guidance. Andy
How does that work with the requirement for an 11 hour break
every 24 hours ?
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