Agreement to opt-out of the 48-hour working week template

£ 12 GBP/yr

Use this model agreement to allow an employee to choose to work more than an average 48 hours a week.

5 minute read • 1 June 2025
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Agreement to opt-out of the 48-hour working week

This Agreement is made between:

[Company name] Limited registered in England and Wales under company number (number) whose registered office is at [address] (‘the Company’); and

[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'.

agreement to opt-out of the 48-hour working week template

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.