EU Working Time Directive: option to opt-out discussed

The right of UK employees to opt-out of the Working Time Regulations may again be hanging in the balance, after it was revealed that the Labour Party conference has backed a union call for Britain’s opt out to end.

The Working Time Directive exists to put in place a limit on the number of hours that may be worked per week. The UK’s ‘opt-out’ clause allows businesses to ask individuals for their agreement not to be subject to this limit.

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