On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 11:21:18AM +0000, robin szemeti wrote: > the whole point of the working time directive is: > > they are *statutory* rights. any term in a contract that breaks them or > requires you to break them is null and void. you cant sign away statutory > rights.
Bzzt wrong :-) You *can* sign away your rights under the working time directive. However, refusing to sign them away CAN NOT be grounds for dismissal or for not employing you in the first place. So if you just cross that paragraph out of the contract, there's nowt they can do about it. With the standard "everything you do we 0wn" clause, I simply point out that that would mean they own the copyright in the letters I write to my granny, and that that is clearly silly, before excising it. > personally I have never had a contract that required me to work unlimited > unpaid overtime. all mine have paid overtime at somewhere between 1.5 and 2 > times normal rate. Or at least time off in lieu. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it -- Agatha Christie
