Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)
It is not a detriment for an employer to have a policy of refusing voluntary overtime to any worker who refuses to sign an opt-out agreement. The EAT has ruled that this is a reasonable policy because the employer also owes a statutory duty to take all reasonable steps to secure compliance with the 48-hour limit (regulation 4(2), WTR) (Arriva London South Limited v Nicolaou [2011] UKEAT/0293/11).
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