Annex 1
Workforce Agreement for the Purposes of
the Working Time Regulations 1998
Between:
Simons Group ("the Company")
and
The undersigned Representatives of Employees
within the Company.
1. The commencement date of this Agreement
is 1 April 1999.
2. The parties to this Agreement confirm
that
2.1 This Agreement is a Workforce Agreement
within the meaning of the Working Time Regulations 1998 ("the
Regulations").
2.2 The undersigned Representatives were
duly elected Representatives of all Employees within the Company
within the meaning of the Regulations.
2.3 Prior to the date of this Agreement
the Company provided the Employees within the aforesaid Company
with copies of the text of this Agreement and to such guidance
as they might reasonably require in order to understand it fully.
3. It is hereby agreed that:
3.1 This Agreement shall apply to all those
employees within the Company at any time during the currency of
this Agreement.
3.2 The reference period under Regulations
4 and 6 for the calculation of average weekly hours and night
workers average normal daily hours shall be consecutive periods
of 52 weeks each starting immediately on the end of the previous
period and the first starting on 1 October 1998. The parties to
this Agreement consider that there are valid objective or technical
reasons or reasons concerning the organisation of their work which
necessitate the aforesaid 52 week reference period.
3.3 With regard to Regulation 6(1) a night
worker's average normal daily hours may exceed eight in every
24 hours.
3.4 With regard to Regulation 6(7) a night
worker's hours may exceed eight in every 24 hours notwithstanding
that the work involves special hazards or heavy physical or mental
strain.
3.5 With regard to Regulation 10(1) there
shall be no set daily rest period for adult employees.
3.6 With regard to Regulation 11(1) and 11(2)
there shall be no set weekly rest period for adult employees.
3.7 Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses
3.3 to 3.6 inclusive herein an employee shall be entitled to an
equivalent period of compensatory rest as soon as is reasonably
practicable.
4. This Agreement shall have effect until
31 March 2004.
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Definition—The term "Employee" in this document
comes under paragraph (a) of the defined term "Worker"
as set out in the Working Time Regulations 1998.
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