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UCATT backs 48hr week
15:12 14 Aug 2002
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UCATT is to demand the legal enforcement of a maximum 48-hour
working week at next month's TUC conference in Blackpool.
A UCATT motion tabled for the conference between 9 and 12 September calls for the removal of the power of individuals and employers to opt out of the prescribed 48-hour maximum working week.
The union will also press for:
l Public holidays to become a statutory employment right and excluded from the four weeks paid holiday required by the Working Time Regulations.
l Three extra public holidays a year, bringing the UK in line with the rest of Europe.
l A duty on employers to ensure that holiday leave is taken.
l Fines for employers in breach of the regulations and a warning that should remain live for three years that must be produced when tendering for work.
l Creation of a government enforcement team to ensure unscrupulous employers observe the regulations.
A UCATT motion tabled for the conference between 9 and 12 September calls for the removal of the power of individuals and employers to opt out of the prescribed 48-hour maximum working week.
The union will also press for:
l Public holidays to become a statutory employment right and excluded from the four weeks paid holiday required by the Working Time Regulations.
l Three extra public holidays a year, bringing the UK in line with the rest of Europe.
l A duty on employers to ensure that holiday leave is taken.
l Fines for employers in breach of the regulations and a warning that should remain live for three years that must be produced when tendering for work.
l Creation of a government enforcement team to ensure unscrupulous employers observe the regulations.
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