Agreement to opt-out of the 48-hour working week template
Use this model agreement to allow an employee to choose to work more than an average 48 hours a week.
Agreement to opt-out of the 48-hour working week
This Agreement is made between:
[Company name] Limited registered in
[Name] of [address] (‘the Employee’)
And hereby states as follows:
The Working Time Regulations 1998 provide that an employer is required to take all reasonable steps to ensure that workers do not
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What is this for?
An employee can not normally work more than 48 hours a week on average when averaged over 17 weeks. This law is sometimes called the 'working time directive' or 'working time regulations'.
They can choose to work more by opting out, which can be done using this agreement. This is known as an 'opt-out agreement', which should be separate from the employment contract.
