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Working time definition

What does Working time mean? In employment law, working time is the time that counts towards statutory limits on weekly hours, daily/weekly rest and paid annual leave. It is a defined term in UK legislation (Working Time Regulations 1998 for Great Britain and equivalent Northern Ireland regulations) and Irish legislation (Organisation of Working Time Act 1997), implementing the EU Working Time Directive. It generally includes: time when the worker is working, at the employer’s disposal and carrying out duties; required training; and any additional time treated as working time under a collective or workforce agreement. Case law guides common questions: on‑call at the workplace usually counts in full;...

Working Time Regulations 1998 (Great Britain): coverage, worker status, exclusions, sector-specific regimes, irregular and part-year workers, and territorial scope

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Practice notes

This Practice Note explains the conditions that an individual is required to meet in order to fall within the protection afforded by the Working time Regulations 1998 (WTR 1998), SI 1998/1833.

Although WTR 1998 grants rights to most Workers, several groups are excluded from some or all of its provisions in practice.

EU-derived measures like WTR 1998, enacted to fulfil the UK’s obligations under EU law, form part of assimilated law for these purposes.

For more detailed information, see Practice Note: Assimilated law.

References are made in this Practice Note to judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

For guidance on the extent to which CJEU rulings bind UK courts, see Practice Notes: Assimilated law—Assimilated case law and Retained EU law and assimilated law—Retained and assimilated case law.

Workers

Under WTR 1998, SI 1998/1833, reg 2(1), the term ‘worker’ carries a significantly wider meaning than ‘employee’...

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