Working time limits

What is the Working time limits in the UK?

The weekly maximum working hours!

Adult workers cannot be forced to work more than 48 hours a week on average – this is normally averaged over 17 weeks. You can work more than 48 hours in one week, as long as the average over 17 weeks is less than 48 hours per week.

Your working week is not covered by the working time limits if you have a job:

    where you can choose freely how long you will work
    in the armed forces, emergency services and police – in some circumstances
    as a domestic servant in private houses
    as a sea transport worker, a mobile worker in inland waterways or a lake transport worker on board sea going fishing vessels

Since 1 August 2009 if you are a trainee doctor the 48-hour maximum working hours applies to you.