Section 41B — Explanatory statement: persons who become shop workers

(1) [F1 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) [F1 The employer must give to the shop worker a written statement informing the shop worker of the following rights—]

(a) [F1 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) [F1 the right to object to doing shop work for additional hours on Sundays by giving the employer an objection notice.]

(3) [F1 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) [F1 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to in subsection (3), the shop worker has given to the employer an opting-out notice (and that notice has not been withdrawn).]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) [F1 A statement under this section must comply with such requirements as to form and content as regulations may provide.]

(6) [F1 Regulations under this section may make different provision for different purposes.]

Amendment notes

1. F1 Ss. 41A-41D inserted (4.5.2016 for specified purposes) by Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12), s. 44(1)(d), Sch. 5 para. 3