Working hours

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Hours of work

  Updated to reflect that the Government has published its response and draft regulations in relation to record-keeping duties under the Working Time Regulations 1998. 

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Clarification of some working time record-keeping duties

  Updated to reflect that the Government has published its consultation response, along with draft regulations which are due to come into force on 1 January 2024.   

• Type:

  Interactive flowcharts

  Working time: Obtain a worker's agreement to opt out of the 48-hour working week

  Use this working time flowchart to deal with the legal and practical steps that an employer must address when it wishes an adult worker to enter into an agreement to opt out of the 48-hour working week under the Working Time Regulations 1998.

• Date:

  27 November 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Police sector: Shift and night working

  We look at how shift and night working operates in the police sector and some of the initiatives aimed at reducing the potential negative impact of such working patterns.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Do employers have to keep records of the hours worked by those of their workers who have chosen to opt out of the average 48-hour week?

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Working hours policy

  A model policy to set out the principles regarding employees' working hours.

• Type:

  Training

  Night working - line manager training

  Updated to take account of the UK General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Date:

  22 February 2018

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Firefighter's on-call time spent at home constitutes "working time"

  In Ville de Nivelles v Matzak, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that the time during which a firefighter is on standby at home and must be at the fire station within a matter of minutes counts as "working time".

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Working time for executive director who is worker contract clause

  A model contract clause setting out an executive director's position in relation to the working time rules on paid annual leave, working hours, rest breaks and night working.

• Type:

  Training

  Hours of work - line manager training

  Line manager training resource looking at hours of work, including the rules that prescribe maximum working hours and the process for opting out of those rules, and exploring how to manage overtime and employees who overwork.