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to bid set limits on work

... to bid set limits on work that employers who want workers to work more than 48 hours a week be required to assess the health and safety risk of the overtime. A majority of the nations support the proposal, first offered by France, to set a ...

Published: Thursday 30 April 1992
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Social patterns change as industry is reshaped

... longer exports to survive but to flourish, to its replacement, the 48-hour work-week. Most businesses remain open half-day Saturday for a 44-hour week but many have adopted a 40-hour ...

Published: Tuesday 23 March 1971
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 885 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

48-hour work week

... 48-hour work week A LEGAL maximum 48-hour working week including overtime and a range of additional minimum workers' rights, were agreed by EC ...

Published: Wednesday 02 June 1993
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 203 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

on 48-hour work week

... on 48-hour work week By JOHN DOWNING in Brussels THE EU is finalising moves to end most exemptions to the law fixing the maximum working week at 48 ...

Published: Monday 07 July 1997
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 459 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Working week to be limited to 48 hours

... Working week to be limited to 48 hours THE Working Time Regulations Act comes into force on Thursday, October 1, setting the UK maximum average working week at ...

Published: Thursday 17 September 1998
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 202 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

UK accepts 48-hour working week

... UK accepts 48-hour working week The Government is set to accept EC-wide laws introducing a maximum 48-hour working week — because employees in ...

Published: Monday 31 May 1993
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 417 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Britain resists 48-hour working week

... Britain resists 48-hour working week EMPLOYMENT Secretary Michael Howard was today reinforcing British resistance to EC plans for a 48-hour maximum working ...

Published: Tuesday 03 December 1991
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 215 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Will Britain’s 48-hour week work?

... Will Britain’s 48-hour week work? With a shorter working week about to be imposed by the European Union Geraldine Murray labours to find out if it will cure the workers or kill industry E IS trying to rem ...

Published: Sunday 10 November 1996
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2412 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

week to 48 hours

... average their hours over the year and, for example, work 74 hours one week and 20 the next. Alsot hours worked are to be net of breaks. Therefore, an employee who has seven hours ...

Published: Friday 26 July 1996
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 338 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

48-hour week

... 48-hour week THE imposition of a 48-hour average maximum working week on enterprises which require the careful management of livestock by skilled workers will be unworkable and ...

Published: Friday 07 March 1997
Newspaper: Kerryman
County: Kerry, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 86 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

48 hour week

... 48 hour week There must be a maximum weekly working time of 48 hours (including overtime) (unless the worker agrees otherwise). Protection against “pressured” agreements will doubtless also be incorporated. ...

Published: Friday 26 September 1997
Newspaper: Louth Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 130 | Page: 56 | Tags: none