Do I need to inform my employer for taking up part time delivery job?

moneysavinghero

General_Grant said:

KinderScout2019 said:

General_Grant said:

Have you opted out of the 48-hour working week?  If not and your part-time work would take you over that (averaged out over 17 weeks) then you need to do so if taking up employment elsewhere.

from my employment contract, it said I have to work >48 hours if necessary…

That contract extract is very poor practice.  The opt-out is supposed to be a separate document.  Including it as standard in a contract is not appropriate as it indicates some pressure on employees to opt out.

By the way there are some classes of worker who cannot opt-out and that includes a worker in the road transport industry, eg delivery drivers (except for drivers of vehicles under 3.5 tonnes).

Unfortunately it is fairly standard practice now to force people to opt out through their contracts.