The Government has decided to allow a local authority to proceed with its four-day working week arrangement after a minister in the previous administration had threatened to block it.
Updated to reflect legislation in place from 1 January 2024 confirming that employers do not need to keep records of each worker's daily working hours.
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.
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.
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.
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".
Line manager training guide 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.