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

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 work more than an average of 48 hours a week over a 17-week period.  However, a worker may voluntarily agree to work more than the 48-hour average weekly limit.

The Company and the Employee hereby agree that the 48-hour average weekly limit shall not apply to the Employee.  This Agreement will remain in force (for a period of one year/ indefinitely).  The Employee or the Company may terminate this Agreement at any time by either giving not less than (three months’) written notice to the other.

Signed:

…………………………………….

For and on behalf of the Company

Signed:

…………………………………….

(Name of employee)

Date:

……………………………………….

Note:

Where a worker has agreed to work in excess of the 48-hour weekly working limit, the employer is required to keep a record of the workers who have opted-out.