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The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
Staff who regularly work at least 3 hours during the ‘night period’ are…
The limits on night working hours do not usually apply: in the armed…
Employers must offer workers a free health assessment before they become a…
Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.
You cannot work more than 48 hours a week on average - normally averaged…
Average working hours are calculated over a ‘reference’ period, normally…
You can choose to work more than 48 hours a week on average if you’re over…
EU and GB domestic rules for drivers of goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles
If you drive a goods vehicle or a bus or coach you must follow the rules…
If you employ drivers and other mobile workers, you need to: keep drivers’…
The rules that apply to goods vehicles depend on the weight of your…
If you’re driving a vehicle that carries passengers, the rules that apply…
Some types of vehicle are exempt from EU rules. This means they come under…
Even though the UK has left the EU, you may still need to follow EU rules…
The GB (Great Britain) domestic drivers’ hours rules apply to most…
The European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in…
If you work partly under EU or AETR rules and partly under GB domestic…
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Dates when the clocks go back or forward in 2024, 2025, 2026 - includes British Summer Time, Greenwich Mean Time
How the EU drivers' hours rules for goods vehicles work.
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with neurological disorders.
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
An explanation of the types of work and the working hours for which you must pay the minimum wage.
Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
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