Part IV Sunday working for shop and betting workers
Opting-out of Sunday work
41BF1Explanatory statement: persons who become shop workers
1
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.
2
The employer must give to the shop worker a written statement informing the shop worker of the following rights—
a
the right to object to working on Sundays by giving the employer an opting-out notice (if section 40 applies to the shop worker);
b
the right to object to doing shop work for additional hours on Sundays by giving the employer an objection notice.
3
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).
4
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to in subsection (3), the shop worker has given to the employer an opting-out notice (and that notice has not been withdrawn).
5
A statement under this section must comply with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide.
6
Regulations under this section may make different provision for different purposes.