Working Time Regulations

The Working Time Regulations 1998 are designed with your health and safety in mind. The following is a very brief summary of the regulations - if you have any further queries, please ask your local office for clarification.

Working Hours

Under the terms of your contract you are not required to work any given hours. However, where you are working on assignments for Mandeville, under the Working Time Regulations 1998 you should not be required to work more than an average of 48 hours a week over a 17 week period, unless you agree to do so in writing. Although temporary or contract work is all about flexibility and from time to time companies may want you to work for longer hours, you are under no obligation to do so.

Rest Breaks
You are entitled to 11 hours rest from work in each 24 hours. The company to which you are assigned should allow you a break from work of 20 minutes, if your assignment lasts for more than 6 hours a day. If it is practical, you may take this away from your work station. You should make arrangements with the client about rest/lunch breaks.

Night Work
If you are asked to work at night (between 11pm and 6am) you should not work more than 8 hours in every 24, averaged over 17 weeks (or however many weeks you have worked if it is less than 17 weeks).

Weekly Rest
You are entitled to a minimum of 1 days' rest from work each week, or 2 days every 2 weeks.

Paid Annual Leave

You are entitled to a maximum of 28 days paid annual leave, including bank holidays. For the purposes of calculating entitlement to paid annual leave under the Working Time Regulations 1998, your leave year commences on the day you start your first assignment with us. Your leave accrues from this date on a pro-rata basis. You accrue one half day per full working week worked (defined as a 35 hour week or more),

You will only be entitled to take paid annual leave in proportion to what has accrued when you wish to take leave. Under the regulations you may not carry holiday pay forward from one holiday year to the next, nor can we pay you in lieu of holidays unless you finish working for us

Maternity Leave and Pay

Where appropriate, maternity leave and pay will be given in line with the current statutory requirements. Statutory Maternity Pay is administered and paid by Mandeville on behalf of the Department of Social Security. To qualify for SMP, pregnant temporaries must have worked continuously for Mandeville for at least 26 week's prior to and including the 'qualifying week'.

The qualifying week's defined as the 15th week before the start of the expected week of confinement.

Full details and a Statutory Maternity Claim form will be supplied by your Mandeville consultant who should be notified of your pregnancy at the earliest opportunity.