Quick question while I'm on break and don't have time to look this up myself ATM, but first some details:
My wife is working for her boss Saturday evenings until up till 1:00-AM, and is then scheduled to come in at 7:00-AM on Sunday morning. The drive to and from work takes 30-minutes. Her work requires good hygiene, so she must shower and get ready for work which takes a minimum of 1-hour, but more realistic at 1-hour and 30-min. So if she has to stay until 1:00-AM, it takes her 30-minutes to get home, at which point she tries to fall asleep but is still wound up so it can take up to 1-hour to fall asleep, but usually only 30-min, so lets say she falls asleep by 2:00-AM. She then has to get up for work between 5:00-AM to 5:30-AM to make it in time. This gives her only 3-hours of sleep! She has complained to her boss about this, and told him her performance is being affected and the customers are the ones who are suffering, but he does not seem to care, and basically told her to deal with it. I'm under the impression that an employee needs a reasonable amount of time for rest and relaxation between shifts, and I don't think this is what the law has in mind!
So does the law provision for R&R between shifts? Does anybody know?
My wife is working for her boss Saturday evenings until up till 1:00-AM, and is then scheduled to come in at 7:00-AM on Sunday morning. The drive to and from work takes 30-minutes. Her work requires good hygiene, so she must shower and get ready for work which takes a minimum of 1-hour, but more realistic at 1-hour and 30-min. So if she has to stay until 1:00-AM, it takes her 30-minutes to get home, at which point she tries to fall asleep but is still wound up so it can take up to 1-hour to fall asleep, but usually only 30-min, so lets say she falls asleep by 2:00-AM. She then has to get up for work between 5:00-AM to 5:30-AM to make it in time. This gives her only 3-hours of sleep! She has complained to her boss about this, and told him her performance is being affected and the customers are the ones who are suffering, but he does not seem to care, and basically told her to deal with it. I'm under the impression that an employee needs a reasonable amount of time for rest and relaxation between shifts, and I don't think this is what the law has in mind!
So does the law provision for R&R between shifts? Does anybody know?
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