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.
Volkswagen is heading for a showdown with trade unions by planning to extend the working week for its German employees from 28.8 to 35 hours, without offering any form of pay rise.
On-call time and rest periods
MacCartney v Oversley House Management, EAT, 31 January 2006BACKGROUND Mrs MacCartney was one of two...
Firms are being urged to work 'smarter' by taking part in Work Wise Week in May.
Senior managers have overtaken teachers to take the top slot in the 2006 unpaid overtime league table, according to TUC figures.
The TUC has today launched a website to take on the long-hours culture ahead of ‘Work Your Proper Hours Day’...
HR departments in the hospitality sector have been working furiously behind the scenes to ensure managers and staff are prepared for this week's changes to licensing hours
The TUC's Work Your Proper Hours Day will take place on Friday 24 February 2006.
I was reassured to see the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) draw attention to the benefits of introducing flexible working
Talks aimed at averting a series of walkouts by train drivers at a leading rail operator are to be held this week.
Under-valued council staff rack up the unpaid hours despite low levels of morale.
Managers at top-performing companies work only one hour a week longer than those at firms with poor financial results, according...
Some police officers are earning up to £100,000 a year, triple their basic salary, by putting in thousands of hours in overtime, it has emerged.
One in three Scots employees would take a salary cut to reduce their working hours, according to new research
UK staff work the longest hours in Europe, with some employees putting in more than 70 hours a week, according...
Doctors who are worried about long hours destroying their work-life balance have the opportunity to apply for £40,000 job, which only asks them to be on call for 18 weeks out of the year.
