Table 1.

Stipulations of the WTR and New Deal

	Working Time Regulations	New Deal
Working hours	• 48-hour weekly average over defined period. Working hours include: – Any period spent working – Relevant training time – All compulsory resident hours	• 56-hour maximum weekly average. Working hours include: – Time spent on duty carrying out tasks – Study leave/training • Maximum 13 continuous duty days
Rest periods	• 11 consecutive hours in each 24-hour period • Uninterrupted 24-hour period of rest in each 7-day period (or 48 hours in 14 days) • Minimum 20-minute break every 6 hours worked • Compensatory rest	• Dependent on shift pattern • 30-minute break every 4 hours on more than 75% of occasions
Opting out	• Individual doctor choice • In writing	• Can do no more than average of 56 hours of actual work a week
Annual leave	• Minimum 4 weeks paid annual leave	• Annual leave dependent on years worked
Monitoring	• Average working hours of individual doctor over 26-week reference period	• Minimum 2-week monitoring of rota compliance twice a year
Sanctions for non-compliance	• Improvement notice • Prohibition notice • Fine (£5,000/employee/week) • Imprisonment of responsible authority	• Grievance raised • Higher salary multiplier