Archives for October 1st, 1998

WORK, REST AND PLAY – BY LAW

Headlines, PublicNet: 1 October, 1998

From today (Thursday) Britain is enforcing new regulations giving workers new entitlements to holidays, rest breaks and a maximum 48 hour working week.The new Working Time Regulations sets out that workers should be entitled to a minimum of three weeks paid annual leave, 11 hours rest a day, a day’s rest a week, in-work rest breaks, a limit of an average of 48 hours a week which a worker can be required to work and a limit of an average of eight hours work in 24 hours for night workers.

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RAILWAYS WILL MEET PUBLIC EXPECTATION

Headlines, PublicNet: 1 October, 1998

The Government’s announcement of sweeping changes to Britain’s railway operating system gives an example of the determination it has to ensure public services meet public expectation.Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has signalled that he intends to get round seemingly insurmountable problems with the privatised system.Despite the fact that the companies operating franchises have already agreed deals to run sections of the rail network for several years, he has announced that he intends to re-negotiate those contracts.

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