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Know Your Rights

Rest day working –

your questions

answered

o you know what you are entitled to national chair I
if you work on a rest day? made a promise
D If you don’t, the latest instalment that I would make
of the national Police Federation’s Did You sure members, as
Know? will help. best as we could,
The campaign aims to highlight officers’ understood what
rights and entitlements and will answer their rights were
some most popular questions asked by under police
officers on selected topics. regulations. working - what overtime are you entitled to
The Federation hopes it will highlight key “The Know Your Rights campaign, or Did if you work into a rest day, if you work
issues and let officers know what they can You Know? has had some really good extended hours on a rest day or if you have
claim as part of their role. feedback so far. your rest day cancelled.
“This campaign continues and now we
John Apter, national Police Federation
chair, explains: “When I was elected as are going to be talking about rest day hear time and time again that our
“It all seems really basic stuff but we
“ entitled to or, they are told by managers
colleagues don’t know what they are
It all seems really basic stuff but we hear time
what they should expect which is not always
and time again that our colleagues don’t know
right.
“So please, look at the information we

what they are entitled to or, they are told by
are sending out and feed into the national
Police Federation what you want to talk
about next. I hope you find it useful. I hope
managers what they should expect which is not
you find it informative. Please get involved in
always right. this campaign, Your rights matter.”

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