PART 5Hours Worked for the Purposes of the National Minimum Wage

CHAPTER 3Time work

Hours not treated as time work35

1

The hours a worker is absent from work are not treated as hours of time work, except as specified in regulations 32 to 34.

2

The hours a worker spends taking part in industrial action are not hours of time work.

3

The hours a worker spends taking a rest break are not hours of time work.

4

A worker is not to be treated as taking a rest break during hours which, in accordance with regulation 34, are treated as hours of time work.