..to think today is not my 'Day off'?

[hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman]

I worked from 8pm yesterday until 8am this morning, it was my third night shift this week I am back at work tomorrow at 7.30am for a 13 hour shift as today is classed my day off yet I have worked eight hours today.

It is definitely not your day off ! Makes me , our does that too e.g if you ask for Saturday off you get wed/thur/fri night.

YANBU. In a 9-5 job your day off would mean zero work for 40 hours. You worked 8 hours today and will work 13 hours tomorrow. The fact there is a 24.5 hour gap between one shift ending and the next beginning does not make it a day off. That's just my common sense view though.

What do you do and is this usual practice?

YANBU.

How could anyone think otherwise?

Working time directive refers to an uninterrupted 24hrs so this doesn't count as a day off as it's 23.5 hours. From a productivity point of view it's crazy, you need a longer rest.

How is your working day calculated. My husband's is 7am to 7pm or 7pm to 7am, so if you finish at 7am in the morning it's counted as a day off. Sorry I haven't explained that very well, but yes it is shit.

I'm in the same boat, I finished nightshift at 07:00 yesterday and that was classed as my first rest day-it .gets on my tits!

Not sure about OP Totality but I'm a nurse and this does tend to happen quite frequently. Last time it happened to me I did 3 nights over the weekend (fri/sat/sun) 19:30 till 08:00. I finished at 08:00 Monday only to come back to two day shifts starting Tuesday at 07:30. Could barely think straight by the end.

Yes nursing, NHS setting we seem to be exempt from quite a lot of the working time directive rules.

It is standard for shift work. I get 4 days off. They start at 0700 when I finish my night shift.