For whoever writes the rota
Which rule does this rota break?
Type a week — or paste it out of your spreadsheet — and see the rest gaps, the hours in any seven days, and the breaks, with the specific pair of shifts that fails named. Rolling windows, not Monday to Sunday.
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Weekly rest of 24 hours, a 17-week averaging period, and night from 23:00. Working Time Regulations 1998, regs 4, 6, 10, 11 and 12. Figures last checked against it on 2026-08-30.
The shift before this week
Pre-filled because it matters: without the shift that ended before day one, an 11-hour rest rule cannot see it, and every first week of a rota reads clean by construction.
The week
What this week does
2 rules broken
Rest between shifts
8h between two shifts, where 11h is required
The night before 22:00–06:00 to Monday 14:00–22:00 leaves 8h off — 3h short.
Weekly rest
Longest clear stretch is 32h in every 7 days, against 24h required
Checked over every 7-day window, not the calendar week.
Hours in any seven days
45h 50m at the heaviest, under the 48h reference
The heaviest seven days start on Monday. Averaged over 17 weeks in the regulation.
Break inside a shift
One shift past 6h with less than 20m off
Thursday 22:00–06:00 runs 8h with 0m of break.
What this does not know
- This is not legal advice. It checks the week you typed and nothing else.
- It knows nothing about your collective agreement, your sector’s own regime, or anyone’s individual opt-out.
- No clock changes. There are no dates here, so a daylight saving transition is not modelled — a 22:00–06:00 shift is 7 or 9 hours across one, and that figure feeds the hours total.
- A worker may opt out of the 48-hour week in writing (reg 5). This applies the limit to everyone.
- Reg 11 also allows 48 hours per fortnight instead of 24 per week. This takes the weekly form.
- Night time is 23:00–06:00 unless a relevant agreement says otherwise (reg 2).
See it as text
Working-time check
Rules used: United Kingdom
Source: Working Time Regulations 1998, regs 4, 6, 10, 11 and 12
Figures last checked against it: 2026-08-30
The rota checked:
Before the rota: 22:00-06:00 (before the rota starts)
Monday: 14:00-22:00 (8h on the clock, 7h 30m working, 30 min unpaid break)
Tuesday: 09:00-17:00 (8h on the clock, 7h 30m working, 30 min unpaid break)
Wednesday: 06:00-14:00 (8h on the clock, 7h 30m working, 30 min unpaid break)
Thursday: 22:00-06:00 (8h on the clock, 8h working, no break)
Friday: 22:00-06:00 (8h on the clock, 7h 40m working, 20 min unpaid break)
Saturday: 22:00-06:00 (8h on the clock, 7h 40m working, 20 min unpaid break)
What was found:
[BREACHES] Rest between shifts
8h between two shifts, where 11h is required
The night before 22:00–06:00 to Monday 14:00–22:00 leaves 8h off — 3h short.
[OK] Weekly rest
Longest clear stretch is 32h in every 7 days, against 24h required
Checked over every 7-day window, not the calendar week.
[OK] Hours in any seven days
45h 50m at the heaviest, under the 48h reference
The heaviest seven days start on Monday. Averaged over 17 weeks in the regulation.
[BREACHES] Break inside a shift
One shift past 6h with less than 20m off
Thursday 22:00–06:00 runs 8h with 0m of break.
What this starting point says to weigh:
- A worker may opt out of the 48-hour week in writing (reg 5). This applies the limit to everyone.
- Reg 11 also allows 48 hours per fortnight instead of 24 per week. This takes the weekly form.
- Night time is 23:00–06:00 unless a relevant agreement says otherwise (reg 2).
Limits of this check:
- This is not legal advice. It checks what you typed and nothing else.
- It knows nothing about your collective agreement, your sector’s own
rules, or any individual opt-out.
- It has no dates in it, so a clock change is not modelled. A 22:00-06:00
shift is 7 or 9 hours across one, and that figure feeds the hours total.
- Windows are rolling, never calendar weeks — which is why a figure here
may differ from a spreadsheet that sums Monday to Sunday.
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What you get
- The rota you entered, with time on the clock and working time apart
- All four checks, including the ones this starting point does not cover
- The statute behind each figure and when it was last read
- What the check does not know, in the message itself
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