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The Working Time Regulations 1998

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  1. Introductory TextNext Match

  2. PART I GENERALPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 1. Citation, commencement and extentPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 2.InterpretationPrevious MatchNext Match

  3. PART II RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS CONCERNING WORKING TIMEPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 3.GeneralPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 4.Maximum weekly working timePrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 5.Agreement to exclude the maximumPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 5A.Maximum working time for young workersPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 6.Length of night workPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. 6A.Night work by young workersPrevious MatchNext Match

    7. 7.Health assessment and transfer of night workers to day workPrevious MatchNext Match

    8. 8.Pattern of workPrevious MatchNext Match

    9. 9.RecordsPrevious MatchNext Match

    10. 10.Daily restPrevious MatchNext Match

    11. 11.Weekly rest periodPrevious MatchNext Match

    12. 12.Rest breaksPrevious MatchNext Match

    13. 13.Entitlement to annual leavePrevious MatchNext Match

    14. 13A.Entitlement to additional annual leavePrevious MatchNext Match

    15. 14.Compensation related to entitlement to leavePrevious MatchNext Match

    16. 15.Dates on which leave is takenPrevious MatchNext Match

    17. 15A.Leave during the first year of employmentPrevious MatchNext Match

    18. 15B.Irregular hours workers and part-year workers: entitlement to annual leavePrevious MatchNext Match

    19. 15C.Irregular hours workers and part-year workers: annual leave accrued while on sick or statutory leavePrevious MatchNext Match

    20. 15D.Irregular hours workers and part-year workers: right to carry forward annual leavePrevious MatchNext Match

    21. 15E.Irregular hours workers and part-year workers: compensation related to entitlement to leavePrevious MatchNext Match

    22. 15F.Meaning of irregular hours workers and part-year workersPrevious MatchNext Match

    23. 16.Payment in respect of periods of leavePrevious MatchNext Match

    24. 16A.Rolled-up holiday pay for irregular hours workers and part-year workersPrevious MatchNext Match

    25. 17.Entitlements under other provisionsPrevious MatchNext Match

  4. PART III EXCEPTIONSPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 18. Excluded sectorsPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 19. Domestic servicePrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 20. Unmeasured working timePrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 21. Other special casesPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 22. Shift workersPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. 23. Collective and workforce agreementsPrevious MatchNext Match

    7. 24. Compensatory restPrevious MatchNext Match

    8. 24A.Mobile workersPrevious MatchNext Match

    9. 25. Workers in the armed forcesPrevious MatchNext Match

    10. 25A.Doctors in trainingPrevious MatchNext Match

    11. 25B.Workers employed in offshore workPrevious MatchNext Match

    12. 26. Young workers employed on shipsPrevious MatchNext Match

    13. 26A.Entitlement to additional annual leave under a relevant agreementPrevious MatchNext Match

    14. 27. Young workers:force majeurePrevious MatchNext Match

    15. 27A.Other exceptions relating to young workersPrevious MatchNext Match

  5. PART IV MISCELLANEOUSPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 28. EnforcementPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 29. OffencesPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 29A.Offences due to fault of other personPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 29B.Offences by bodies corporatePrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 29C.Restriction on institution of proceedings in England and WalesPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. 29D.Prosecutions by inspectorsPrevious MatchNext Match

    7. 29E.Power of court to order cause of offence to be remediedPrevious MatchNext Match

    8. 30.RemediesPrevious MatchNext Match

    9. 30A.Extension of time limits because of mediation in certain cross-border disputesPrevious MatchNext Match

    10. 30B.Extension of time limit to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedingsPrevious MatchNext Match

    11. 31. Right not to suffer detrimentPrevious MatchNext Match

    12. 32. Unfair dismissalPrevious MatchNext Match

    13. 33. ConciliationPrevious MatchNext Match

    14. 34. AppealsPrevious MatchNext Match

    15. 35. Restrictions on contracting outPrevious MatchNext Match

    16. 35A.(1) The Secretary of State shall, after consulting persons appearing...Previous MatchNext Match

  6. PART V SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSONPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 36. Agency workers not otherwise “workers"Previous MatchNext Match

    2. 37. Crown employmentPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 38. Armed forcesPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 39. House of Lords staffPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 40. House of Commons staffPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. 41. Police servicePrevious MatchNext Match

    7. 42. Non-employed traineesPrevious MatchNext Match

    8. 43.Workers employed in agriculture in Wales or ScotlandPrevious MatchNext Match

  7. SignaturePrevious MatchNext Match

    1. SCHEDULE 1Previous MatchNext Match

      WORKFORCE AGREEMENTSPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 1.An agreement is a workforce agreement for the purposes of...Previous MatchNext Match

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

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

    2. SCHEDULE 2Previous MatchNext Match

      WORKERS EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE in Wales or Scotland Previous MatchNext Match

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

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

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

    3. SCHEDULE 2APrevious MatchNext Match

      Doctors in trainingPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. SCHEDULE 3Previous MatchNext Match

      ENFORCEMENTPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 1.Appointment of inspectorsPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 2.Powers of inspectorsPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. 3.Improvement noticesPrevious MatchNext Match

      4. 4.Prohibition noticesPrevious MatchNext Match

      5. 5.Provisions supplementary to paragraphs 3 and 4Previous MatchNext Match

      6. 6.Appeal against improvement or prohibition noticePrevious MatchNext Match

      7. 7.Power of enforcement authority to indemnify inspectorsPrevious MatchNext Match

      8. 8.Restrictions on disclosure of informationPrevious MatchNext Match

  9. Explanatory NotePrevious Match

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