Section 41C — Explanatory statement: shop workers at commencement date
This version in force from 2016-05-04
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) [F1 This section applies where—]
(a) [F1 under a contract of employment a shop worker is or may be required to do shop work on Sundays, and]
(b) [F1 the shop worker was employed under that contract on the day before the commencement date.]
(2) [F1 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) [F1 The statement must be given before the end of the period of two months beginning with the commencement date.]
(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to in subsection (3), the shop worker has given to the employer an opting-out notice (and that notice has not been withdrawn).]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.]
(7) [F1 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.]
Amendment notes
- 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