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48 hour week
gtomo2:
As a hgv driver we have the 48 hour work week and its worked on a avarage of over 17 or 8 weeks so i still work 64 hours per week but onlt driving and opening the trailer etc are "work everything else is called poa or rest. So i would not worry about ti to much
Mash:
I'd love to work 48 hours a week ! but it aint gonna happen :roll:
Typical crap from the EU again
Range Rover Blues:
I think it's there to protectpeople who feel they ae obliged to work more hours than they wish, in the UK we work more hours than the rest of Europe. Obvioulsy you can't please all the people all the time.............
Then there's the health issue with a long working week.
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
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--- Quote from: zebidee on December 18, 2008, 21:19:30 ---Nah - you're all mis-understanding it ... the point is that they're wanting to make it illegal for companies to demand that you work more than 48 hours a week. You'll still be able to choose to work more than 48 hours a week if you want to - but your boss can't turn round and say "Oi - you've GOT to work the whole weekend."
Of course your boss could say "we'd like you to work the weekend and will definitely appreciate it from the people who do." (and of course we'll definitely remember who wasn't willing to).
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Not quite right. The full working time directive would not allow more than 48 hours, voluntary or not.
It is actually a 17 week average, holiday and breaks are taken out. If you attend work 55 hours in a week, take off 5 hours for breaks and another 4 for holiday accrual that takes you well below the 48. Unpaid overtime doesn't count either..
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As mentioned above "voluntary or not". I checked on this a couple of years ago, and was told that the voluntary work could include things such as driving for a charity, reserve armed forces, lifeboat crews etc etc.
What impact would that have on people who act as carers for relatives, in addition to their full time jobs?
This could really throw a spanner in the works.
marjan:
--- Quote from: lee celtic on December 18, 2008, 22:15:38 ---I only do 38 :-.
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I can just beat that - I only do 37 a week :D :D :D (don't work Friday afternoons).
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