24th October 2011, 01:00 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:The Working Time Directive which proscribes rolled-up holiday pay, is primarilly a Health and Safety directive. Its reasoning behind the limit of a 48 hour week is that to work longer hours on a continuous basis is harmful to health and the consequences of tiredness and stress related ailments caused through overwork, are potential hazards in day to day work activities..........
All interesting stuff. Thanks Kevin.
But isn't it true employees can 'opt out' of the 48 hour week by ticking a box on their contract etc. (for instance on pipelines). Can employees similarly opt out of the no-rolled up holiday rule?