Working hours
Employees have a right to holiday and family leave such as maternity leave. Do they have any other rights to time off work?
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 15:14
Do hospitality's long and unsociable hours make it almost impossible for women to have children and reach the top of their chosen sector? Janet Harmer examines the issue and asks two high-achieving women to explain their career choices
Posted: 09 September 2011 | 11:09
Nobody wants to discuss the pay rates and working hours, but we need to promote hospitality's opportunities, says Peter Hancock, chief executive of Pride of Britain Hotels
Posted: 09 July 2010 | 16:59
No one could ever claim that to choose a career in hospitality is to take an easy option. It's no secret that the hours can be long, the pressures great...
Posted: 09 July 2010 | 14:47
The death of an exhausted young sous chef from tonsillitis has highlighted the issue of the long hours worked by staff in the hospitality industry. Nathan Laity, 23, had told his mother that he had worked 27 days in a row
Posted: 31 March 2010 | 15:08
The headline stories from this week's Infozone briefing include: employers relying on DRA to force staff to leave the workplace; more people working unpaid overtime to help firms recover; involve staff in cost savings and you'll save money, claims report
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 16:47
Topics covered in this week's Infozone briefing include: cut working week to 21 hours call; More job losses likely in 2010; and training investment will pay off.
Posted: 19 February 2010 | 20:42
The issue of Sunday working is important in the hospitality industry, but employers need to consider both financial and religious aspects. Gagandeep Prasad of law firm Charles Russell outlines the legal issues you need to be aware of.
Posted: 19 February 2010 | 13:54
Pub managers are being forced to risk their health by working longer hours than any other group of employees in the UK, trade union Unite has warned.
In its Manifesto for the Pub Industry, Unite has called for a maximum working week for pub managers of 48-hours, a minimum of 25 days holiday a year ...
Posted: 11 August 2009 | 12:33
Some hotel operators are regularly paying staff less than the national minimum wage, running the risk of heavy fines, Caterer has learnt. Sources have said that abuse of the minimum wage – currently £5.73 an hour for those aged 22 and over – is “rife” in certain areas, with salaried hotel staff ...
Posted: 18 June 2009 | 07:00
Hospitality workers will be allowed to work for more than 48 hours per week if they wish after the UK finally won its right to retain the opt-out to the Working Time Directive.
Posted: 28 April 2009 | 12:10
Hospitality workers will still have the right to work more than 48 hours a week if they so wish, after talks in Brussels over the UK's opt-out of the Working Time Directive broke up without agreement.
Posted: 03 April 2009 | 07:30
A ban on UK employees working more than 48 hours a week could have dire consequences for struggling businesses in sectors such as hospitality, business lobby group CBI has warned.
Posted: 23 March 2009 | 07:00
What a year. You can read about it in our review of the year 2008, it’s fair to say there’s been a lot happening with the apparent end for now of the boom times and the looming recession.
Posted: 19 December 2008 | 13:42
The Government has vowed to defeat European moves to prevent UK employees from voluntarily working more than 48 hours per week.
Posted: 19 December 2008 | 07:30
Hospitality workers look set to be banned from working more than 48 hours per week from 2011 after MEPs voted overwhelmingly to scrap the UK’s opt-out from the Working Time Directive.
Posted: 17 December 2008 | 14:25
