The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (as amended) provides the maximum average working week is 48 hours, subject to certain exceptions. The average work hours may be taken over a four- (most common), six or 12-month period (this is exceptional and applies to the security industry, hospitals, prisons, gas/electricity, airport/docks, agriculture and employees in businesses which have peak periods at certain times of the year such as tourism). Zero-hour contracts are prohibited by virtue
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