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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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    Long-hours culture still a major issue for UK employees

    by Mike Berry 3 Sep 2008
    by Mike Berry 3 Sep 2008

    UK employees are still working some of the longest hours in Europe, according to a major study of working time...

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    UK workers could save 55 hours a year with basic remote working

    by Personnel Today 1 Sep 2008
    by Personnel Today 1 Sep 2008

    People who commute by train to the UK’s largest cities outside London could save 55 hours a year – more...

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    TUC champions Work Your Proper Hours Day

    by Greg Pitcher 22 Feb 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 22 Feb 2008

    Today marks the day when the average worker who does unpaid overtime effectively starts earning for themselves, according to the...

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    Online survey finds British workers over-stretched and underwhelmed by long hours

    by Louisa Peacock 6 Dec 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 6 Dec 2007

    Four out of 10 British workers claim they work more than 60 hours a week, research has revealed.A study of...

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    Long hours working is on the increase in the UK

    by Mike Berry 28 Nov 2007
    by Mike Berry 28 Nov 2007

    Long hours working is on the increase in the UK, according to a new analysis of workforce data by the...

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    HR chiefs call for radical shake-up of GP system

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Sep 2007

    Senior HR professionals have called for major changes to the way GPs operate.
    They want family doctors to make themselves...

    • Employment law
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    Long-hours culture takes hold as HR professionals burn midnight oil

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Sep 2007

    Increasing numbers of HR professionals are working more than 40-hours a week, research has revealed.A survey of more than 6,000...

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    Study finds half of civil servants are working overtime to keep up with increasing workloads

    by Mike Berry 22 Aug 2007
    by Mike Berry 22 Aug 2007

    Excessive workloads are forcing more than half of full-time civil servants to work over their contracted hours, according to research...

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    Income Data Services report finds UK staff will still have least holidays in EU despite entitlement increase

    by Gareth Vorster 15 Aug 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 15 Aug 2007

    The UK is set to remain at the bottom of the European Union league for paid holiday entitlement, despite the...

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    Truck driver’s unfair dismissal claim against Culina Logistics for ‘excessive driving hours’ rejected

    by Gareth Vorster 30 Jul 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 30 Jul 2007

    A truck driver based in Stafford has lost out on a claim for unfair dismissal, after he refused to make...

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    Pilots go online to vent anger after airline industry denies fatigue is a problem following BBC investigation

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Jul 2007

    Pilots have poured scorn on claims by the industry’s em­­ployer group that their shift patterns are safe, after a BBC...

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    Orange outlines flexible working challenges as one-quarter of flexible workers admit to no formal agreement

    by Gareth Vorster 27 Jun 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 27 Jun 2007

    With one-third of staff working non-standard hours, another survey points to the challenges faced by UK employers in dealing with...

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    Employers welcome two-stage implementation of extended holiday entitlement in the UK

    by Mike Berry 15 Jun 2007
    by Mike Berry 15 Jun 2007

    Employers’ groups have broadly welcomed the government’s approach to implementing new holiday entitlements for workers.The regulations increase the minimum holiday...

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    Employer-designated days of leave: Sumsion v BBC Scotland, EAT

    by Personnel Today 29 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 29 May 2007

    Mr Sumsion was employed by BBC Scotland as a carpenter for a production set for a 24-week fixed period. He...

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    Nearly one-third of UK employees work non-standard hours, research shows

    by Gareth Vorster 9 May 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 9 May 2007

    Up to one-third of UK employees work outside traditional working hours, research has found.
    A survey conducted by banking firm...

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