Posted By Stuart Haysman There's a bit in the WTR's that says night shifts should be limted to 8 hours (in every 24) if the work involves heavy physical strain. My question is therefore, does anyone have any guidance on what constitutes 'heavy' physical strain as opposed to moderate or light? The work IMO is fairly moderate (2 to 3 moves every five minutes, no bending or twisting, typically 5-10kg loads, help is available for larger loads). The guy is resisting being moved onto longer shifts (12 hrs for four nights, rather than 9 hrs for five nights) and using the WTR as justification for not changing shift patterns. Can anyone shed any light on this? Stuart

Posted By Stuart Haysman Sorry, my typo, the current shifts are 9.5 and they have slightly different lunch break lengths - they all end up working the same hours per week, just over fewer days. Stu

Posted By Stuart Haysman Many thanks Dave. Yep, I suspect this is more to do with shift patterns than anything else, but the chap is also a Union safety rep, so I need to be sure where I'm coming from and make sure he drops this issue as a reason for refusing the shift change. Cheers Stu

Posted By John Richards Which would mean that the [possible] other job would have to go, or his working time at the night job would have to go.....down.