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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…
Includes types of worker, employee rights, overtime and changes to contracts
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
If you have normal working hours, overtime usually means any time you work…
You only have to work overtime if your contract says so. Even if it does,…
Usually, part-time workers must not be treated less favourably than…
Time off in lieu (TOIL) Some employers give you time off instead of paying…
As a public sector employer, you must report and publish information on facility time for your employees who are trade union representatives.
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
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
The working time rules that apply to you depend on whether you drive a vehicle in scope of the EU or GB domestic drivers’ hours rules.
Includes employment status, workers' rights and changes to contracts
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
EU and GB domestic rules for drivers of goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
An explanation of the types of work and the working hours for which you must pay the minimum wage.
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
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