The Employment Law Solicitors:

Working Time Regulations

The Working Time Regulations came into force following the introduction of the Working Time Regulations 1998. The Regulations provide employees with the following rights:-

Average 48 hour week. Employees can opt to work longer should they wished to. The average worked is averaged out over 17 weeks (or whatever period the employee has actually worked should it be shorter than 17 weeks). The period it is averaged out over is known as the ‘reference period’ and it can be extended to 26 weeks in certain instances (e.g. hospital work). It can even be extended by up to 52 weeks where the employer and employee consent.
Night workers: limit of 8 hours work average in 24.
Night workers: right to free health assessment both prior to commencing work and at regular intervals thereafter
Uninterrupted rest break of 11 hours in every 24.
One day off per week.
Rest break of 20 minutes for every 6 hours worked consecutively.
Four weeks paid leave per annum.
Sufficient additional rest breaks for those where the nature of their work places their health and safety at risk.

The Employment Law Solicitors, the brand, is part of Antrobus Solicitors, a firm regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Details of the professional rules which regulate solicitors can be found at the following website address: http://www.rules.sra.org.uk

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Areas Where We Have A Centre Local To You

Carlisle (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Worcester, Durham (employment law solicitor here), Lincoln, Hereford (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Canterbury (employment law solicitor here), Litchfield, Ripon (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Bangor (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Wells, St. David's, Luton (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Bedford, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Sussex, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Reading, Newbury, Anglesey, Gwent, Clwyd, Gwynedd, Dyfed, Powys, Bath, Brighton, Cambridge, Oxford (employment law solicitor here), Plymouth, Southampton, Stratford, York, Glamorgan, Cheltenham, Bradford, Wakefield, Coventry, Leicester, Sunderland, Hull (employment law solicitor here), Wolverhampton (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Swansea, Salford, Ipswich (employment law solicitor here), Portsmouth (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Peterborough, Lancaster, Newport, Preston, St. Albans, Norwich, Chester, Salisbury, Exeter, Gloucester, Chichester, Winchester (employment law solicitor here), Cleveland, Tyne and Wear, Northumbria, Wrexham, Cardiff, Manchester (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Liverpool, London (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Birmingham (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Derby (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Bradford, Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Newcastle, Birmingham, Devon, Cornwall, Sheffield (employment law solicitor here), Staffordshire, Leeds (working time regulations specialist solicitor here), Nottingham, Bristol (employment law solicitor here), Stoke (working time regulations specialist solicitor here).

We can also do home visits. Please see a list of areas in which we conduct home visits on our local contact points page

Local Centres Where We Can Offer Appointments Out Of Hours

At the following Local Centres, we can also offer appointments outside the normal office hours of 9am - 5pm:-

Manchester Business Park, Manchester
Exchange Quay, Manchester
King Street, Manchester
Exchange Flags, Liverpool
Cheadle Royal Business Park, Cheadle, Cheshire
Chester Business Park, Chester, Cheshire
Crab Lane, Warrington, Cheshire
City West, Bradford
Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent
The Pavilions, Preston, Lancashire
Thorpe Park Business Park, Colton, Yorkshire

Newcastle Quayside, Newcastle
Victoria Square, Birmingham
Exeter Business Park, Exeter, Devon
Cambourne, Cornwall
Hammersmith Road, London
Eccleshall Road, Sheffield
Princes Exchange, Leeds
Dumfries Place, Cardiff
Aztec West, Temple Quay, Bristol
Pegasus Business Park, Nottingham
Watling Court, Cannock, Staffordshire

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