Section 41B — Employment Rights Act 1996: Explanatory statement: persons who become shop workers

Explanatory statement: persons who become shop workers 41B 1 This section applies where a person becomes a shop worker who, under a contract of employment, is or may be required to do shop work on Sundays.

2 The employer must give to the shop worker a written statement informing the shop worker of the following rights—

a the right to object to working on Sundays by giving the employer an opting-out notice (if section 40 applies to the shop worker);

b the right to object to doing shop work for additional hours on Sundays by giving the employer an objection notice.

3 The statement must be given before the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which the person becomes a shop worker as mentioned in subsection (1).

4 An employer does not fail to comply with subsections (2) and (3) in a case where, before the end of the period referred to in subsection (3), the shop worker has given to the employer an opting-out notice (and that notice has not been withdrawn).

5 A statement under this section must comply with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide.

6 Regulations under this section may make different provision for different purposes.