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The Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833) is a statutory instrument in UK labour law which implemented the EU Working Time Directive 2003. [1] It was updated in 1999, but these amendments were then withdrawn in 2006 [2] following a legal challenge in the European Court of Justice. [3]
Working time in the United Kingdom is regulated in UK labour law in respect of holidays, daily breaks, night work and the maximum working day under the Working Time Regulations 1998. While the traditional mechanisms for ensuring a "fair day's wage for a fair day's work" is by collective agreement , since 1962 the UK created minimum statutory ...
The Working Time Regulations 1998 and the Working Time Directive give every worker the right to paid holidays, breaks and the right to a weekend. [109] Following international law, [110] every worker must have at least 28 days, or four full weeks in paid holidays each year (including public holidays). [111]
The Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC is a European Union law Directive and a key part of European labour law. It gives EU workers the right to: It gives EU workers the right to: at least 28 days (four weeks) in paid holidays each year;
Working hours in the UK are currently not limited by day, but by week, as first set by the Working Time Regulations 1998, [33] which introduced a limit of 40 hours per week for workers under 18, and 48 hours per week for over 18s. This was in line with the European Commission Working Time Directive of 1993.
The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 are a statutory instrument forming part of United Kingdom labour law.They aim to combat discrimination against people who work for employment agencies, by stating that agency workers should be no less favourably treated in pay and working time than their full-time counterparts who undertake the same work.
the Working Time Regulations for issues related to rest breaks, rest periods, detriments for failure to work in excess of the maximum time etc. the National Minimum Wage Act 1998; the Employment Relations Act 1999, for failing to allow workers to be accompanied at disciplinary or grievance hearings
Working Time Directive R v Department of Trade and Industry, ex parte Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematographic and Theatre Union (2001) C-173/99 is a European labour law and UK labour law case concerning the Working Time Directive , which is relevant for the Working Time Regulations 1998 .