"European working time directive"
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Posting anonymously for obvious reasons.. Is it legal for a job contract to make signing it waive the statutory average of 48 working hours per week?
I'm not sure where you are, but here we have a legal 38h a week. My employer asks for 40h, but every month we get a day off. This is obligated by law I think. You should check the country you're in for legal stuff. Notice that although I signed for the 40h, they explicitly asked me (off the record) to do more (like 45-50 h).:sigh: Certainly there are web sites that give good information on this of the country in question? good luck. (btw can you let me know what the answer is and in which country? I'm interested in working in a foreign country; if I ever get the chance and it would seem to be the same country, ...;)) "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix
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Posting anonymously for obvious reasons.. Is it legal for a job contract to make signing it waive the statutory average of 48 working hours per week?
In most European countries even if you did sign something saying you would work 60h a week, the judge would ignore it, saying you can't possibly have wanted to do something like that. In my understanding (and certainly in Holland), you cannot waive statutory rights. Interesting to know where you're coming from though. Pauwll
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Posting anonymously for obvious reasons.. Is it legal for a job contract to make signing it waive the statutory average of 48 working hours per week?
If you are working in the UK then any hours over 48 require you to sign a contract / disclaimer saying that you agree to it. I'm pretty sure that once you've signed the disclaimer then they are allowed to ask you to work more than 48 hours a week. This has to be explicitly stated in the contract though, if it just says hours as necessary then they probably can't hold you to it. Don't know how it works outside of the UK though. Kev