Every working person has a right to rest. There are various sorts of rest set in order to regain the employee’s efficiency and health. The working person must know the daily rest time that belongs to him (breaks for eating and resting), extra and special breaks of the work day (shift) time, the continuous rest of 24 hours between work days (shifts), the continuous week and annual (festivals and holidays) rest time and try to use it as effectively, as possible. The article analyses problems of rest time organization in the public sector. Authors try to reveal and evaluate the specialities of the rest time organization and foresee its improvement possibilities.