LRD guides and handbook August 2013

Health and safety law 2013

Chapter 11

Exceeding the 48-hour week

Although exceeding the 48-hour maximum working week under the Working Time Regulations is relevant evidence in a work-related stress claim (Hone v Six Continents Retail Ltd [2006] IRLR 49), working excessive hours is not enough on its own to make an illness arising from it reasonably foreseeable (See Chapter 9: Working Hours).