Sunday working for shop and betting workers

New and updated

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  Interactive flowcharts

  Sunday working: Deal with a shop or betting worker's notice to opt out of Sunday working

  Use this Sunday working flowchart when you receive notice from a "non-protected" shop or betting worker that they wish to opt out of Sunday working.

• Type:

  Interactive flowcharts

  Sunday working: Explain right to object to Sunday working to a non-protected shop or betting worker

  Use this Sunday working flowchart when a newly recruited shop or betting worker is, or may be, required to work on Sundays, or a previously "protected" or opted-out worker opts in to Sunday working.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can non-protected shop or betting workers opt out of Sunday working?

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Sunday working for shop and betting workers

  Updated to reflect that provisions in the Enterprise Act 2016 increasing protection for Sunday shop workers, have not yet been implemented.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter explaining right to opt out of Sunday work (shop or betting worker)

  A model letter to provide a shop or betting worker with information on the right to opt out of Sunday working.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter acknowledging Sunday working opt-out notice (shop or betting worker)

  A model letter to acknowledge a Sunday working opt-out notice from a shop or betting worker.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where a shop or betting worker opts out of Sunday working is the employer obliged to offer alternative hours on other days of the week?

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  Tasks

  Explain the right to object to Sunday working to a non-protected shop or betting worker

• Type:

  FAQs

  Do shop or betting workers employed to work only on Sundays have the right to opt out of Sunday working?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Which employees are "shop workers" for the purpose of the right to opt out of Sunday working?