The Industrial Cases Reports
[2004] ICR 1489
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Gallagher and others v Alpha Catering Services Ltd (trading as Alpha Flight Services)
2004 March 17
Judge McMullen QC, Ms K Bilgan and Miss D Whittingham
Employment
— Working time provisions
— Excluded sectors
— Provision of meals to aircraft between flights
— Whether activities involving “need for continuity of service”
— Whether “foreseeable surge of activity”
— Whether rest break provision excluded
— Whether period spent at airport without immediate duties in constant radio contact with employer “rest break”
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Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833), regs 12(1)(3), 21(c)(d)