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  2. United Kingdom labour law - Wikipedia

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    In Pfeiffer v Deutsches Rotes Kreuz the Court of Justice said the rules aim to protect workers who possess less bargaining power and autonomy over the way they do their jobs. [121] Nevertheless, the UK government negotiated to let workers "opt out" of the 48-hour maximum by individually signing an opt out form. [122]

  3. Block-stacking problem - Wikipedia

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    The first nine blocks in the solution to the single-wide block-stacking problem with the overhangs indicated. In statics, the block-stacking problem (sometimes known as The Leaning Tower of Lire (Johnson 1955), also the book-stacking problem, or a number of other similar terms) is a puzzle concerning the stacking of blocks at the edge of a table.

  4. List of countries by public sector size - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by public sector size, calculated as the number of public sector employees as a percentage of the total workforce. Information is based ...

  5. South Africa–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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    The beginning of relations between South Africa and the UK began on 31 May 1910 when the Union of South Africa was founded as a Dominion of the British Empire. From 1910 until South Africa declared itself a republic on 31 May 1961, South Africa fought in support and as a part of the British Empire in both World War I and II.

  6. British Overseas Territories - Wikipedia

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    Following the Lords' decision in Ex parte Quark, 2005, it is held that the King in exercising his authority over British Overseas Territories does not act on the advice of the government of the UK, but in his role as king of each territory, with the exception of fulfilling the UK's international responsibilities for its territories. The reserve ...

  7. South African diaspora - Wikipedia

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    A minority of English South Africans have moved to the United Kingdom (often through the UK ancestry visa), due to socioeconomic concerns such as South Africa's high crime rate in the 1990s and early 2000s, a volatile South African Rand, economic mismanagement and changes in the South African economy. More recently, over 128,000 people ...

  8. Overhang (vehicles) - Wikipedia

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    Rear overhang may present a problem in large vehicles such as buses. Long rear overhang would require the driver to pay attention to nearby vehicles when turning at 90 degrees. Since the rear overhang is outside the wheelbase, it may hit a vehicle in the adjacent lane, especially when turning 90 degrees right (in a right-hand drive country).

  9. Longer Heavier Vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Longer Heavier Vehicles in the UK (LHV) is a large goods vehicle category in the United Kingdom.Longer Heavier Vehicles are not currently allowed to operate on UK roads because they exceed the mandated limit of six axles and 44 tonnes (43.3 long tons; 48.5 short tons) of gross weight and length of 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in) for articulated lorries, or 18.75 m (61 ft 6 in) for drawbar lorries.