OPT-OUT OF 48-HOUR WORKING WEEK AGREEMENT

1. DEFINITIONS 
 
1.1 In this Agreement the following definitions apply: - 
 
“Assignments” means the period, which the worker is engaged to render services to the client.  
 
“Client” means the person, firm or corporate body together with any subsidiary or associated company as defined the companies Act 1985 engaging the services of the worker. 
 
“Employment Business” means MPL Site Services Ltd and/or any subsidiary or associated company. 
 
“Temporary Worker” …………………………………………………… 
 
“Working Week” means an average of 48 hours each week calculated over a 17-week reference period 
 
1.2 Reference to the singular includes the plural and references to the masculine include the feminine and vice versa. 
 
1.3 The headings contained in this agreement are for convenience only and do not affect their interpretation. 
 
2. RESTRICTIONS 
 
2.1 The working Time Regulations 1998 provide that the temporary worker shall not work on an Assignment with the client in excess of the Working Week unless they agree in writing that this limit shall not apply.  
 
3 CONSENT  
 
3.1 The Temporary Worker hereby agrees that the Working Week limit shall not apply to the Assignment. 
 
WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT 
 
4.1 The Temporary Worker may end this Agreement by giving the Employment Business 4 weeks notice in writing.                

4.2 For the avoidance of doubt, any notice bringing this Agreement to an end shall be construed as termination by the Temporary Worker of an Assignment with a Client. 
 
4.3 Upon the expiry of notice period set out in clause 4.1 the Working Week limit shall apply with immediate effect. 
 
5 THE LAW
 
5.1 The Terms are governed by the law of England & Wales and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England & Wales.