{"id":2507,"date":"2020-07-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/im-20262"},"modified":"2023-01-11T11:06:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T11:06:19","slug":"what-are-the-maximum-weekly-working-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oneaccounting.co.uk\/what-are-the-maximum-weekly-working-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the maximum weekly working hours?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are working time limits that state the legal maximum weekly working hours that a person has to work. They&nbsp;should not exceed 48 hours a week on average. The maximum hours for under 18&rsquo;s is&nbsp;fixed at no more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.<\/p>\n<p>The average working hours are calculated over a 17-week period and includes overtime. This means that an employee may work more than 48 hours in some weeks as long as the average over the 17-week period does not exceed 48 hours. A person can choose to work more by opting out of the 48-hour week but cannot be forced to do so or suffer any detriment by not signing. This is known as an opt-out agreement.<\/p>\n<p>There are some exceptions where employees may have to work more than 48 hours a week on average. This includes the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>where 24-hour staffing is required;<\/li>\n<li>in the armed forces, emergency services or police;<\/li>\n<li>in security and surveillance;<\/li>\n<li>as a domestic servant in a private household;<\/li>\n<li>as a seafarer, sea-fisherman or worker on vessels on inland waterways;<\/li>\n<li>where working time is not measured and you are in control, e.g. you are a managing executive with control over your decisions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style='font-size:smaller' class='im_source'>Source: HM Revenue &#038; Customs   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0100<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are working time limits that state the legal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What are the maximum weekly working hours? 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