Working Time in UK Law
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How should employers record working time?
Employers should accurately record daily working hours to comply with the EU Working Time Directive on maximum weekly working time and daily and weekly rest breaks according to a recent decision of...
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R&R – what the Working Time Regulations say
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) provide for a right for workers to take a 20-minute rest break where the working day is longer than six hours. The WTR enable a worker to bring a claim if an...
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What records must an employer keep to record working time?
A recent European Court of Justice decision has held that in order to comply with the provisions of the EU Working Time Directive (No. 2003/88), employers are obliged to set up a system for measuri...
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Proposals to amend working time protections denied – “public unconvinced” shock (UK)
On Friday last week the Financial Times reported on proposals from the Business Department to “rip up worker protections” under the current Working Time Regulations. But simultaneously on BBC News...
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UK’s 48 hour working time opt-out under threat
The UK’s ability to opt out of the 48 hour working week is now in peril following the European Parliament vote this week to have it scrapped. The UK’s opt out of this element of the Working Time Di...
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Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (“Amendment Regulations”)
The UK Government has relaxed the Working Time Regulations 1998 (“WTR“) on carrying over untaken annual leave due to the effects of COVID-19. Under the Amendment Regulations, workers will now be ab...
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Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (“Amendment Regulations”)
The UK Government has relaxed the Working Time Regulations 1998 (“WTR“) on carrying over untaken annual leave due to the effects of COVID-19. Under the Amendment Regulations, workers will now be ab...
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Proposals to amend working time protections denied – “public unconvinced” shock (UK)
On Friday last week the Financial Times reported on proposals from the Business Department to “rip up worker protections” under the current Working Time Regulations. But simultaneously on BBC News...
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Five Things Employers Need to Know About the ECJ’s Decision on Working Time
The European Court of Justice decided last week that for workers without a fixed place of work, time spent travelling from home to their first customer appointment and from the last customer appoin...
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