What counts as working time?

Obviously work you do at your workplace under the direction of your employer counts as working time.

It does not include:

• breaks
• travel to work time
• time when you are on call, away from your employer's premises and not working
• training at a college
• time taken to travel to an occasional meeting away from your workplace eg setting off half an hour early to get to the location of an away day.

Working time does include:

• paid overtime and some unpaid overtime – see the next question about unpaid overtime
• time when you are on call at your employers premises, but not working
• training at the workplace arranged by the employer
• time taken travelling to clients when this is a regular part of your job, such as sales jobs
• a working lunch