1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2. Interpretation

  3. PART II RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS CONCERNING WORKING TIME

    1. 3. General

    2. 4. Maximum weekly working time

    3. 5. Agreement to exclude the maximum

    4. 5A.Maximum working time for young workers

    5. 6. Length of night work

    6. 6A.Night work by young workers

    7. 7. Health assessment and transfer of night workers to day work

    8. 8. Pattern of work

    9. 9. Records

    10. 10. Daily rest

    11. 11. Weekly rest period

    12. 12. Rest breaks

    13. 13. Entitlement to annual leave

    14. 14. Compensation related to entitlement to leave

    15. 15. Dates on which leave is taken

    16. 15A.Leave during the first year of employment

    17. 16. Payment in respect of periods of leave

    18. 17. Entitlements under other provisions

  4. PART III EXCEPTIONS

    1. 18. Excluded sectors

    2. 19. Domestic service

    3. 20. Unmeasured working time

    4. 21. Other special cases

    5. 22. Shift workers

    6. 23. Collective and workforce agreements

    7. 24. Compensatory rest

    8. 25. Workers in the armed forces

    9. 26. Young workers employed on ships

    10. 27. Young workers:force majeure

    11. 27A.Other exceptions relating to young workers

  5. PART IV MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 28. Enforcement

    2. 29. Offences

    3. 30. Remedies

    4. 31. Right not to suffer detriment

    5. 32. Unfair dismissal

    6. 33. Conciliation

    7. 34. Appeals

    8. 35. Restrictions on contracting out

    9. 35A.(1) The Secretary of State shall, after consulting persons appearing...

  6. PART V SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSON

    1. 36. Agency workers not otherwise “workers"

    2. 37. Crown employment

    3. 38. Armed forces

    4. 39. House of Lords staff

    5. 40. House of Commons staff

    6. 41. Police service

    7. 42. Non-employed trainees

    8. 43. Agricultural workers

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS

      1. 1.An agreement is a workforce agreement for the purposes of...

      2. 2.For the purposes of this Schedule— “a particular group" is...

      3. 3.The requirements concerning elections referred to in paragraph 2 are...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      WORKERS EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE

      1. 1.Except where, in the case of a worker partly employed...

      2. 2.Where, in the case referred to in paragraph 1 above,...

      3. 3.In this Schedule, “an agricultural wages order" means an order...

  9. Explanatory Note