The Working Time Directive 1999 by https://padlet.com/sophina_heritage/u1iovy0oa0u8 Made by Soph&Mills en-us 2018-11-21 09:47:40 UTC 2024-05-29 15:47:11 UTC hello@padlet.com sophina_heritage https://padlet.com/sophina_heritage/u1iovy0oa0u8/wish/306667629 The Working Time Directive 1999 is a law which means a person can't work more than 48 hours in seven days. ]]> 2018-11-21 09:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sophina_heritage/u1iovy0oa0u8/wish/306667629 sophina_heritage https://padlet.com/sophina_heritage/u1iovy0oa0u8/wish/306668737 If a person did want to work more than 48 hours they would need to opt out of the regulation in order for them to  work extra hours. ]]> 2018-11-21 09:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sophina_heritage/u1iovy0oa0u8/wish/306668737 sophina_heritage https://padlet.com/sophina_heritage/u1iovy0oa0u8/wish/306670760 You may have to work more than 48 hours a week on average if you work in a job:
  • where 24-hour staffing is required
  • in the armed forces, emergency services or police
  • in security and surveillance
  • as a domestic servant in a private household
  • as a seafarer, sea-fisherman or worker on vessels on inland waterways
  • where working time is not measured and you’re in control, eg you’re a managing executive with control over your decisions
]]> 2018-11-21 10:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sophina_heritage/u1iovy0oa0u8/wish/306670760 sophina_heritage https://padlet.com/sophina_heritage/u1iovy0oa0u8/wish/306672468 Average working hours are calculated over a ‘reference’ period, normally 17 weeks.
This means you can work more than 48 hours one week, as long as the average over 17 weeks is less than 48 hours a week.
Your working hours can’t be averaged out if you’re under 18. You can’t work more than 40 hours in any one week.
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  • job-related training
  • working lunches, eg business lunches
  • time spent working abroad
  • paid overtime
  • unpaid overtime 
  • time spent on call at the workplace
  • travel between home and work at the start and end of the working day
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