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Simply Personnel
Newsletter, July 2009 |
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| Working Time Directive opt-out talks collapse |
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Under the existing system workers in the UK can choose to opt-out of the 48-hour maximum working week. Since November, MEP's have been trying to limit the amount of hours an employee can work. However, talks on the new European legislation have collapsed, marking the end of the proposal which would have scrapped the opt-out currently in place in the UK.
According to government figures, more than one in ten employees work over the 48 hour week. It was feared that a cap on working hours could have led to staff demanding pay rises to make up the money they would have made under the opt-out. David Yandle, head of employment policy at manufacturers' body EEF, said; "Retaining the opt-out will help employers to manage working time so that they can respond quickly and efficiently to changing customer demands and enable employees to choose to earn more by working longer hours".
The opt-out dossier will be formally axed when the conciliation timetable reaches its official conclusion later in the month.
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