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Working Time Regulations

The Working Time Regulations 1998 impose limits on workers' hours of work. Workers cannot lawfully be required to work more than an average of 48 hours a week.

However, a worker may agree to opt out of this weekly working time limit and work more than an average of 48 hours a week as long as he or she does so voluntarily and in writing.

The Working Time Regulations 1998 also give workers the right to a minimum daily rest period between each working day or shift, and to a minimum weekly rest period.


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    Top 10 HR questions November 2023: Holiday carry-over

    by Brightmine 4 Dec 2023
    by Brightmine 4 Dec 2023

    Poopular topics last month includes the carry-over of annual leave, irregular hours workers, working time record-keeping, and TUPE.

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    Infosys founder says young Indians should work 70-hour weeks

    by Rob Moss 30 Oct 2023
    by Rob Moss 30 Oct 2023

    Former Infosys CEO Narayana Murthy prompts backlash after calling on India’s youth to work 70 hours a week to increase productivity.

    • Agency workers
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    Top 10 HR questions July 2023: Strikes and agency workers

    by Brightmine 1 Aug 2023
    by Brightmine 1 Aug 2023

    Questions last month focused on the agency workers during strikes, payment in lieu of notice and dismissing an employee who is in prison.

    • Brexit
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    • Employment law

    Holiday pay changes: how entitlement will be simplified

    by John Hayes and Ben Payne 26 May 2023
    by John Hayes and Ben Payne 26 May 2023

    How is holiday pay and entitlement in the UK set to change under plans to simplify employment law?

    • Rest periods
    • Brexit
    • Employment law

    How are working time records changing in the UK?

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 May 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 May 2023

    The UK government plans to reform employers' requirements for keeping working time records in the UK. How are they changing?

    • Brexit
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    • Latest News

    Changes to working time, TUPE and non-competes announced

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 May 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 May 2023

    The government is to remove the requirements for recording working time and reduce the complexity of calculating holiday pay.

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    Government accused of keeping teacher workload report ‘under wraps’

    by Rob Moss 12 Apr 2023
    by Rob Moss 12 Apr 2023

    Unions accuse the Department for Education of sitting on a report that showed that one in four teachers' workloads exceed 60 hours per week

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    Coronation bank holiday for 8 May confirmed

    by Jo Faragher 7 Nov 2022
    by Jo Faragher 7 Nov 2022

    There will be a bank holiday on Monday 8 May 2023 in honour of the coronation of King Charles III, the government has confirmed.

    • IR35
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    Conservatives: Seven proposals that could impact HR

    by Jo Faragher 5 Oct 2022
    by Jo Faragher 5 Oct 2022

    The Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham this week has produced plenty of headlines about political infighting, but what about the policies?

    • Employment law
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    High earners’ employment rights under threat from Jacob Rees-Mogg

    by Rob Moss 4 Oct 2022
    by Rob Moss 4 Oct 2022

    Business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has proposed stripping employment rights from people earning more than £50k.

    • Bank holidays
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    Top 10 HR questions September 2022: additional bank holidays

    by Brightmine 1 Oct 2022
    by Brightmine 1 Oct 2022

    Last month's most popular HR questions focused on the impact of an extra bank holiday for the Queen's state funeral.

    • Brexit
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    What will the retained EU law bill mean for employment law?

    by Emma Burrows 28 Sep 2022
    by Emma Burrows 28 Sep 2022

    The UK government has introduced a bill that would end the special status given to retained EU laws. What could this mean for employment law?

    • Brexit
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    New EU law Bill could lead to bonfire of workers’ rights in UK

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Sep 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Sep 2022

    Bill to end role of EU law could put an end to some workers' rights in UK – despite Kwasi Kwarteng's previous promise that there would be ‘no bonfire’.

    • Agency workers
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    • Latest News

    Liz Truss: What will the new PM mean for employment law?

    by John Hayes 6 Sep 2022
    by John Hayes 6 Sep 2022

    Speculation is rife for what the new Prime Minister intends for employment law, but John Hayes believes the most likely outcome would be mere tinkering.

    • Rest periods
    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Truss considering overhaul of working time rules

    by Jo Faragher 5 Sep 2022
    by Jo Faragher 5 Sep 2022

    Newly announced Prime Minister Liz Truss is considering a radical overhaul of workers’ rights including a review of the 48-hour working week.

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