Working Time Regulations 1998
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The Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833) are a United Kingdom
statutory instrument
, which regulate the time that people in the UK may work. It is intended to implement the EU Working Time Directive
2003/88/EC. Firstly, it sets a default rule which, although one may controversially opt out of it, that workers may work no more than 48 hours per week. Secondly, it grants a mandatory right to paid annual leave of at least a minimum of 28 days (including bank holidays and public holidays). Thirdly, it creates the right to a minimum period of rest of 20 min in any shift lasting over 6 hours.
and this has been done by Prince Charles.
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A Statutory Instrument is the principal form in which delegated or secondary legislation is made in Great Britain.Statutory Instruments are governed by the Statutory Instruments Act 1946. They replaced Statutory Rules and Orders, made under the Rules Publication Act 1893, in 1948.Most delegated...
, which regulate the time that people in the UK may work. It is intended to implement the EU Working Time Directive
Working Time Directive
The Working Time Directive is a European Union Directive, which creates the right for EU workers to a minimum number of holidays each year, paid breaks, and rest of at least 11 hours in any 24 hours; restricts excessive night work; and makes a default right to work no more than 48 hours per week....
2003/88/EC. Firstly, it sets a default rule which, although one may controversially opt out of it, that workers may work no more than 48 hours per week. Secondly, it grants a mandatory right to paid annual leave of at least a minimum of 28 days (including bank holidays and public holidays). Thirdly, it creates the right to a minimum period of rest of 20 min in any shift lasting over 6 hours.
Case law
- UK v Council (Working Time Directive) [1996] ECR I-5755
- SIMAP v Conselleria de Sanidad y Consumo de la Generalidad Valenciana [2000] ECR I-7963
- R v DTI ex parte BECTU [2001] 3 CMLR 7
- Blackburn v Gridquest Limited [2002] IRLR 604
- Landeshauptstadt Kiel v Jaegar [2003] ECR I-08389
- MacCartney v Oversley House Management [2006] IRLR 514
- Lyons v Mitie Security Ltd [2010] IRLR 288, EAT decides a worker who does not give notice to take holidays can lose his paid annual leave entitlement (questionable compatibility with the WTD 2003.)
See also
- Tax Credits and Child tax creditChild tax creditA child tax credit is the name for tax credits issued in some countries that depends on the number of dependent children in a family. The credit may depend on other factors as well: typically it depends on income level. For example, in the United States, only families making less than $110K per...
, Working tax creditWorking tax creditThe Working Tax Credit is a state benefit in the United Kingdom made to people who work on a low income. It is a part of the current system of refundable tax credits introduced in April 2003 and is a means-tested social security benefit... - Wage regulationWage regulation-Minimum wage:Minimum wage regulation attempts to set an hourly, or other periodic monetary standard for pay at work. A recent example was the U.K. National Minimum Wage Act 1998...
and this has been done by Prince Charles.