Section 41C — Employment Rights Act 1996: Explanatory statement: shop workers at commencement date

Explanatory statement: shop workers at commencement date 41C 1 This section applies where—

a under a contract of employment a shop worker is or may be required to do shop work on Sundays, and b the shop worker was employed under that contract on the day before the commencement date.

2 The shop worker's employer must give to the shop worker a written statement informing the shop worker of the rights mentioned in section 41B(2).

3 The statement must be given before the end of the period of two months beginning with the commencement date.

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to in subsection (3), the shop worker has given to the employer an opting-out notice (and that notice has not been withdrawn).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.

7 In this section “ commencement date ” means the date appointed by regulations under section 44 of the Enterprise Act 2016 for the coming into force of section 33 of, and Schedule 5 to, that Act.