S.L. 452.134 Art. 8Working days and rest days.

(1) Subject to sub-regulation (2) and regulation 9, a worker shall, in each period of seven (7) days, be granted a rest period of at least twenty-four (24) consecutive hours which shall be immediately preceded by a daily rest period as established in regulation 7(2)(a).

(2) An employer may, instead of granting to a worker in any period of seven (7) days the first-mentioned rest period in paragraph (1), grant to him, in the next following period of seven (7) days, two (2) rest periods, each of which shall be a period of at least twenty-four (24) consecutive hours and:

(a) if the rest periods so granted are consecutive, the time at which the first of those periods commences shall be such that such period is immediately preceded by a daily rest period established out in regulation 7(2)(a); and

(b) if the rest periods so granted are not consecutive, the time at which each of those periods commences shall be such that each of them is immediately preceded by a daily rest period as established in regulation 7(2)(a).