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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
Workers over 18 are usually entitled to 3 types of break - rest breaks at…
Employers can say when employees take rest breaks during work time as long…
Workers may be entitled to ‘compensatory rest’ if they don’t have the…
Workers aren’t entitled to the 3 general types of rest break if they work…
Young workers (above school leaving age and under 18) are usually entitled…
Workers who can’t take or aren’t allowed rest breaks should speak to their…
Non-statutory guidance and case studies for schools in England wanting to increase the length of their school week, including those delivering below the minimum 32.5 hours.
Guidance about every piece of information you need to send us in autumn 2023, spring and summer 2024.
The Deputy Government Chemist, Selvarani Elahi, gave a lunchtime lecture at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Geel, Belgium
Leicester primary school marks Clean Air Day with a temporary traffic-free space for the whole community.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Rowland on 12 March 2019.
School Sport and Activity Action Plan will help set children up to lead healthy lives
Employment Tribunal decision.
Official figures revealed today show that 1.3 million more children are now eating a healthy lunch since the policy launched in September.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
An estimated 1.55 million additional infants across the country will benefit from a free school meal from September 2014.
To mark National School Meals Week, Nick Clegg is joining in a week of celebrations marking how far school meals have come.
From today (2 September 2014), every single child in the first 3 years of school will be eligible for a free school lunch.
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