Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth
Good, it royally screwed up people who willingly worked overtime for the extra money they needed on minimum wage. The 'target' was those employers who forced workers to work long hours, but (again) the 'catch all' approach hit everybody. It also led to a rise in the much despised zero contract area, with Agencies supplying short term workers where a company couldn't use their own workforce to cover some situations.
Many workers got round it by doing two jobs, 8 hours shiftwork in a factory followed by a further 6 or more hours taxi driving or fast food delivery etc. Completely legal, yet made a mockery of the 48 hour crap.
|
There was always the option to 'opt out' of the WTD restrictions (
link) This does have to come from the employee, you can't be forced to opt out or be fired if you refuse.
My work contract says that my work hours are 38.5 hours per week but there may be times where it is higher. This covers travelling for example - flying to Shanghai is seriously going to eat into your work week!