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to in subsection (3), the shop worker has given to the employer an opting-out notice (and that notice has not been withdrawn).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.