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Annual hours

Annual hours are the total hours worked by an employee or worker in a calendar year.

Under an annualised hours contract, an employee's hours are expressed as a total number of hours to be worked during the course of the year. The hours actually worked are likely to fluctuate from week to week and month to month.


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    Unpaid overtime saved employers £27.4bn in 2009

    by Personnel Today 8 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 8 Jan 2010

    Employers saved £27.4bn through unpaid overtime in 2009, the TUC has found.Analysis of official figures by the TUC has revealed...

    • Annual hours
    • HR practice

    Extra bank holiday set for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012

    by Kat Baker 5 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 5 Jan 2010

    The government has confirmed that workers will be given an extra bank holiday in 2012 to mark the Queen’s Diamond...

    • Annual hours
    • HR practice

    Beijing Ton Ren Tan v Wang

    by Personnel Today 31 Dec 2009
    by Personnel Today 31 Dec 2009

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    • Employment law
    • Annual hours
    • HR practice

    One in 10 workers still to take week’s worth of annual leave

    by Personnel Today 23 Dec 2009
    by Personnel Today 23 Dec 2009

    More than one in 10 employees still have to take five days of annual leave this year, it was revealed...

    • Employee relations
    • Annual hours
    • HR practice

    Pilots under pressure to fly when tired risking accidents

    by Personnel Today 5 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 5 Oct 2009

    Pilots are being put under pressure to fly when they are too tired, increasing the risk of a serious accident,...

    • Annual hours
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    ECJ holiday ruling on sick staff on leave is bad news for employers

    by Personnel Today 17 Sep 2009
    by Personnel Today 17 Sep 2009

    The ECJ ruling which gives staff who fall sick during annual leave the right to carry over their holidays will be a pain.

    • Absence
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    • Annual hours

    Annual leave should be carried over to next year when staff fall sick

    by Louisa Peacock 16 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 16 Sep 2009

    Employers should change their sick leave policies to allow annual leave to be carried forward into the next year, or...

    • Annual hours
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Staff who fall sick during annual leave entitled to retake holiday

    by Helen Gilbert 11 Sep 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 11 Sep 2009

    Workers who fall sick during annual leave should be allowed to take their holidays again even if it means allowing...

    • Employee relations
    • Annual hours
    • Latest News

    BT plan to bring call-centre jobs back from India runs into trouble

    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009

    BT’s plans to return call-centre jobs to the UK from India could backfire as British staff are unwilling to work the...

    • Annual hours
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Council to use shorter working weeks to save jobs

    by Personnel Today 19 Aug 2009
    by Personnel Today 19 Aug 2009

    A council asking its staff to work reduced hours or take unpaid leave to save jobs has been applauded by...

    • Annual hours
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    Government urged to encourage job shares and part-time working

    by Kat Baker 28 Apr 2009
    by Kat Baker 28 Apr 2009

    A campaign group has urged the government to step up efforts to encourage more job shares and part-time working hours...

    • Annual hours
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Unpaid overtime makes unlikely bedfellows of finance and garage workers

    by Louisa Peacock 2 Mar 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 2 Mar 2009

    Finance staff and garage workers are among those doing the most unpaid overtime hours during the recession, the TUC has...

    • Annual hours
    • HR practice
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working grows up

    by Peter Rabbitts 12 Feb 2009
    by Peter Rabbitts 12 Feb 2009

    Plans to extend the right to request flexible working look set to go ahead. Peter Rabbitts, knowledge adviser at  Acas...

    • Annual hours
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Staff not being rewarded for working extra hours

    by Louisa Peacock 18 Dec 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 18 Dec 2008

    Nearly half of employers do not reward staff who work beyond their contracted hours, new research has revealed.A survey of...

    • Business performance
    • Annual hours
    • Economics, government & business

    Short-time working: legal Q&A

    by Huw Cooke 13 Nov 2008
    by Huw Cooke 13 Nov 2008

    In today’s climate, many employers are looking to cut costs without actually making redundancies. A short-term solution worth considering is...

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