Check if you're working more than the 48-hour limit

Summary

You can count time spent on job-related training as working time if your employer has agreed for you to do the training. It doesn't matter if your employer is paying for the training or not. Your employer might be able to make you do job-related training outside your normal working hours if it's in your contract. This will count as working time. You can't count training you've decided to do in your personal time as working time even if it's related to your job, for example evening classes. Sarah works part-time on weekdays in a shop. Her employer asks her to do a training course on a Saturday. The time she spends in training counts as working time, even though it's outside her normal working hours. You should only count lunches in your working time if you were actually working, for example having lunch with a client. You should leave out any lunch breaks where you don't have to do any work. You should also leave out any lunch breaks that you choose to work through. Working time doesn't include rest breaks, so you shouldn't count any time you spend on breaks during or between shifts. You can check what rest breaks you should get if you're not sure. When you're adding up your.

Key information

• •staying within a certain travel time or distance of your workplace
• •limiting the amount of alcohol you drink
• •being awake at certain times
• •You can count time spent on job-related training as working time if your employer has agreed for you to do the training. It doesn't matter if your employer is paying for the training or not.
• •Your employer might be able to make you do job-related training outside your normal working hours if it's in your contract. This will count as working time.
• •You can't count training you've decided to do in your personal time as working time even if it's related to your job, for example evening classes.
• •Sarah works part-time on weekdays in a shop. Her employer asks her to do a training course on a Saturday. The time she spends in training counts as working time, even though it's outside her normal working hours.
• •You should only count lunches in your working time if you were actually working, for example having lunch with a client.
• •You should leave out any lunch breaks where you don't have to do any work.
• •You should also leave out any lunch breaks that you choose to work through.
• •Working time doesn't include rest breaks, so you shouldn't count any time you spend on breaks during or between shifts. You can check what rest breaks you should get if you're not sure.
• •When you're adding up your working hours, you should count any overtime you've agreed to do.

Practical guidance

• •Source: [Check if you're working more than the 48-hour limit](https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/working-hours-and-rest-breaks/check-how-many-hours-youre-working/)

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