Section 41B: Explanatory statement: persons who become shop workers

Employment Rights Act 1996 · 1996 c. 18View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: Sunday working for shop and betting workers

This section applies where a person becomes a shop worker who, under a contract of employment, is or may be required to do shop work on Sundays.

The employer must give to the shop worker a written statement informing the shop worker of the following rights—

the right to object to working on Sundays by giving the employer an opting-out notice (if section 40 applies to the shop worker);
the right to object to doing shop work for additional hours on Sundays by giving the employer an objection notice.

The statement must be given before the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which the person becomes a shop worker as mentioned in subsection (1).

An employer does not fail to comply with subsections (2) and (3) in a case where, before the end of the period referred to in subsection (3), the shop worker has given to the employer an opting-out notice (and that notice has not been withdrawn).

A statement under this section must comply with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide.

Regulations under this section may make different provision for different purposes.

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