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United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1567). -

Adoption: 2009-06-25 | Date of entry into force: 2009-08-01 | GBR-2009-R-81737

Amends regulation 25A and schedule 2A of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (doctors in training).

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007 No. 1184). -

Adoption: 2007-04-12 | Date of entry into force: 2007-05-03 | GBR-2007-R-76136

These Regulations amend the Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3236). They supplement the 2006 Regulations and insert two further categories of adult in the definition of "relative" which had been intended to be included in the 2006 Regulations.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Law, Act

Annual Leave Regulations 2007 (S.D. No. 102/07) -

Adoption: 2007-03-21 | Date of entry into force: 2007-09-30 | GBR-2007-L-77155

These Regulations give workers a statutory entitlement to annual leave with pay. They apply to all workers over compulsory school age, with certain exceptions (regulation 3). By virtue of the Annual Leave (Agency Workers and Trainees) Order 2007, "worker" for this purpose includes agency workers and certain trainees.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Annual Leave (Agency Workers and Trainees) Order 2007 (S.D. No. 103/07). -

Adoption: 2007-03-21 | Date of entry into force: 2007-09-30 | GBR-2007-R-77156

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006. Statutory Instrument No. 3314 of 2006. -

Adoption: 2006-12-07 | Date of entry into force: 2007-04-06 | GBR-2006-R-75390

Amends section 2 and 3 and inserts new sections 3A (application to be made before a child reaches the age of 3) and 3B (entitlement to request a contract variation to care for an adult) to the Flexible Working (Eligibility, complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2002.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 1684). -

Adoption: 2003-07-03 | Date of entry into force: 2003-08-01 | Date of gradual entry into force: 2004-08-01 | GBR-2003-R-71766

Implement Council Directive 2000/34/EC, which amends Council Directive 93/104/EC so that the provisions of the 1993 Directive, which concerned certain aspects of the organisation of working time, now apply to sectors and activities which were previously excluded from the scope of the 1993 Directive.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Paternity and Adoption Leave (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 921 of 2003). -

Adoption: 2003-04-02 | Date of entry into force: 2003-04-06 | GBR-2003-R-63643

Made under Employment Rights Act 1996. Provides for new rights to paternity and adoption leave in the case of adoption from overseas. Applies Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 to overseas adoptions, with some modifications regarding entitlement to leave. Overseas adoption is adoption of child who enters Great Britain from outside UK in connection with or for purposes of adoption, which does not involve placement of child for adoption under law of any part of the UK.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Police (Amendment) Regulations, 2003.

Adoption: 2003 | GBR-2003-R-65115

Amends Police Regulations by reducing number of days that a member of the police force may be absent from duty without a certificate of unfitness from 10 to 6 days. Also provides for new rates of annual leave for established as well as unestablished officers.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 3128). -

Adoption: 2002-12-16 | Date of entry into force: 2003-04-06 | GBR-2002-R-71765

Amends the 1998 Regulations by inserting a new regulation 5A, limiting the working time of young workers to 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week and requiring employers to ensure that these limits are complied with. Also inserts a new regulation 6A, which requires employers to ensure that no young worker works during a restricted period.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 2788 of 2002). -

Adoption: 2002-11-11 | Date of entry into force: 2002-12-08 | GBR-2002-R-63645

Regulates paternity and adoption leave as provided for in the Employment Act 2002. Right to leave is available to employees with 26 weeks of qualifying service. Employee has option of taking either one week's leave or two consecutive weeks' leave. Leave may only be taken within 56 days of child's birth or placement with adopter. Employee is obliged to notify employer of intention to take leave and of choice in respect of available options.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002 No. 3236). -

Adoption: 2002-01-03 | Date of entry into force: 2003-04-06 | GBR-2002-R-76137

Prescribe the employees eligible for the statutory right to request a contract variation, provided for under Section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 3256). -

Adoption: 2001-09-26 | Date of entry into force: 2001-10-25 | GBR-2001-R-71764

Amend provisions of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
Regulation 13 is amended to provide that the amount of leave to which a worker is entitled in a leave year is four weeks, except in the case (provided for in paragraph (5) of the regulation) where a worker's employment begins after the start of a leave year. Spent provisions concerning the amount of leave to which a worker was entitled in leave years beginning before 23rd November 1999 are revoked. The provisions of regulation 13 limiting entitlement to annual leave to workers who have been continuously employed for thirteen weeks are also revoked. References to regulation 13 elsewhere in the Regulations are modified to take account of the fact that both paragraph (1) and paragraph (5) will apply in some cases.

A new regulation 15A is inserted, limiting the extent to which a worker is able to exercise his entitlement to leave during the course of his first year of employment. The amount of leave a worker may take at any time is limited to the amount that he has "accrued" at that time; accrual is at the rate of one-twelfth of the annual entitlement at the beginning of each month.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Working Time Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 3372) -

Adoption: 1999-12-16 | GBR-1999-R-71763

Amends Regulation 4, 20 and 35A of the Working Time Regulations 1998.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Working Time Ordinance 1999 (No. 33 of 1999).

Adoption: 1999-11-04 | GBR-1999-R-54890

Implements in Gibraltar the provisions of Council Directive 93/103/EC concerning certain aspects of the organization of working time. Sets rights and obligations concerning working time including maximum weekly working time (48 hours), rest, shifts and holidays. Establishes exceptions for certain workers and sets penalties for offences.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Shops (Hours of Opening and Closing) (Repeal) Ordinance, 1999 (No. 12 of 1999).

Adoption: 1999-10-18 | GBR-1999-R-56824

Repeals the Shops (Hours of Opening and Closing) Ordinance, 1953.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 1833). -

Adoption: 1998-07-30 | Date of entry into force: 1998-10-01 | GBR-1998-R-71759

These Regulations implement Council Directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organization of working time and provisions concerning working time in Council Directive 94/33/EC on the protection of young people at work.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Law, Act

Sunday Trading Act 1994 (Chapter 20)

Adoption: 1994-07-05 | GBR-1994-L-39702

An Act to reform the law of England and Wales relating to Sunday trading; to provide for the rights of shop workers under the law of England and Wales in relation to working on Sunday; and for related matters. Consists of 9 sections and Five Schedules. Schedule Five lists repeals.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Statutory Sick Pay (Northern Ireland) Order 1991. S.I. No. 765 (N.I.9).

Adoption: 1991-03-20 | Date of entry into force: 1991-03-27 | GBR-1991-R-22652

This Order is made only for purposes corresponding to those of the Statutory Sick Pay Act 1991. It amends the law relating to the arrangements under which employers are reimbursed for the statutory sick pay which they pay to their employees. Article 3(1) reduces from 100 per cent to 80 percent the amounts of statutory sick pay which employers can recover from their remittances of national insurance contributions and Article 4 provides for relief for small employers.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Law, Act

Statutory Sick Pay Act 1991 (Chapter 3)

Adoption: 1991-02-12 | Date of entry into force: 1991 | GBR-1991-L-22465

Reduces the amount of statutory sick pay which employers are entitled to recover; repeals section 9(1A) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982; and for purposes connected therewith. Amendments are also made to the Social Security Act 1975 and to the Social Security Act 1989.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (Retail Distributive Trade) (Amendment) Order 1990. L.N. No. 83.

Adoption: 1990-06-28 | GBR-1990-R-20517

Amendments in respect of time and a fifth, time and a half, double time, and work on Saturdays in the retail distributive trade.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Family Credit (General) Amendment Regulations 1990 (S.I. No. 574 of 1990)

Adoption: 1990-03-12 | Date of entry into force: 1990-04-03 | GBR-1990-R-9859

Amendments in respect of, inter alia, meal or refreshment breaks, provision of assessment of normal weekly earnings of an employed earner, calculation of earnings from the provision of board and lodging accommodation etc.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 2222 (S.145) of 1989)

Adoption: 1989-11-29 | Date of entry into force: 1989-12-22 | GBR-1989-R-9438

Regulations amending the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976 in respect, inter alia, of a procedure for the resolution of a difference of medical opinion as to an officer's fitness to return to duty after a period of sick leave, rent allowance, and detective expenses allowances.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1988. S.I. No. 1303 (N.I. 13).

Adoption: 1988-07-26 | GBR-1988-R-6585

Amends the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 to repeal certain exemptions and to provide for common age limits in unfair dismissal cases. Removes certain restrictions on working hours and conditions for women in factories, mines and quarries. Also, inter alia, provides for the issue of codes of practice on the elimination of discrimination and the promotion of equality between men and women in the field of employment.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Law, Act

Insolvency Act 1986 (Chapter 45)

Adoption: 1986-07-25 | GBR-1986-L-2357

Consolidates the enactments relating to insolvency and winding up of companies (including those that are not insolvent, and unregistered companies) and insolvency and bankruptcy of individuals. It contains provisions regarding, inter alia, the power to make over assets to employees and preferential debts. Schedule 6 appended to the Act lists the categories of preferential debts. Social security contributions are category 3; contributions to occupational pension schemes make up category 4; and remuneration, etc., of employees constitutes category 5. The Schedule sections entitled "Interpretation for category 5" specify that remuneration includes: a guarantee payment under section 12(1) and the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978; payments for time off for trade union duties, ante-natal care or looking for work under that Act; redundancy compensation awarded under section 101 of the Employment Protection Act 1975; remuneration payable to a person on sick leave or holiday leave; and accrued holiday remuneration.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Conditions of Employment (Licensed Non-Residential Establishments) Order 1986. L.N. No. 54. -

Adoption: 1986-05-29 | GBR-1986-R-2328

Sets forth minimum weekly remuneration and overtime rates of pay, maximum working hours and maximum deductions from wages for food, drink and lodging for workers employed in any licensed non-residential establishment (caterers, bars, cafes, etc.). Issued under s. 36 of the Employment Ordinance.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Conditions of Employment (Annual and Public Holidays) (Amendment) Order 1985. L.N. No. 65.

Adoption: 1985-05-30 | GBR-1985-R-1669

Amends para. 4 of the principal Order.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Statutory Sick Pay (General) Amendment Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 126 of 1985)

Adoption: 1985-02-03 | GBR-1985-R-5403

Amends the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 to provide that no effect is to be given to any agreement between an employee and an employer to treat certain specified days as qualifying days for the purposes of entitlement to sick pay.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Public Holidays.

Adoption: 1976-11-08 | GBR-1976-M-14065

Order made under the Public Holidays Act, Ch. 188. No. 21.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Public Holidays (Amendment) Ordinance 1976.

Adoption: 1976-11-03 | GBR-1976-R-14063

An Ordinance to amend the Public Holidays Act [Ch. 188] to provide for public holidays to be prescribed by Order. No. 7. Repeals the schedule to the Act.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Law, Act

Factories Act 1961 etc. (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1974 (S.I. No. 1941 of 1974)

Adoption: 1974-11-21 | GBR-1974-L-15182

Repeals and modifies the Factories Act 1961, the Hours of Employment (Conventions) Act 1936 and the Employment Medical Advisory Service Act 1972 and certain instruments thereunder, in consequence of the coming into operation of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Relates, inter alia, to powers of inspectors.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Air Navigation Order 1974 (S.I. No. 1114 of 1974)

Adoption: 1974-06-28 | GBR-1974-R-15176

Consolidation of the Air Navigation Order 1972, as amended; inter alia, hours of work and rest periods of crews.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Air Navigation Order 1970 (S.I. No. 954 of 1970)

Adoption: 1970-07-13 | GBR-1970-R-17624

Part VI: fatigue of crew; maximum flight duty periods and minimum rest periods, etc.

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (Annual and Public Holidays) Order 1968. (Conditions of Employment (Annual and Public Holidays) Order 1968 (1968.12.17).) -

Adoption: 1968-12-17 | GBR-1968-R-18493

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Law, Act

Public Holidays Act (Act 19 of 1954, S.R.O. 15/1956, Acts 13 of 1959, 2 of 1971, 14 of 1999 and 9 of 2011) (Cap. 6.09) -

Adoption: 1954-09-10 | GBR-1954-L-100210

United Kingdom - Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave - Law, Act

Public Holidays Ordinance (Cap. 158). -

Adoption: 1945-11-24 | GBR-1945-L-104809