<P> Working time in the United Kingdom is regulated in UK labour law in respect of holidays, daily breaks, night work and the maximum working day under the Working Time Regulations 1998 . While the traditional mechanisms for ensuring a "fair day's wage for a fair day's work" is by collective agreement, since 1962 the UK created minimum statutory rights for every individual at work . The WTR 1998 follow the requirements of the Working Time Directive, which allowed an "opt out" from the maximum working week, set at 48 hours . Other reforms have included the 28 holiday minimum per year, 20 minute breaks for each six hours worked, and a maximum of 8 hours work on any given night . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> Sources on working time </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Working Time Directive 2003 / 88 / EC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 / 1833) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> SIMAP v CSCGV (2000) C - 303 / 98 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Pfeiffer v Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (2005) C - 397 / 01 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Commission v United Kingdom (2006) C - 484 / 04 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> R v DTI ex parte BECTU (2001) C - 173 / 99 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Caulfield v Marshalls Clay Ltd (2006) C - 131 / 04 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Stringer v HMRC (2009) C - 520 / 06 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Landeshauptstadt Kiel v Jaeger (2003) C - 151 / 02 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Barber v RJB Mining (UK) Ltd (1999) ICR 679 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Employment Rights Act 1996 ss 50 - 70 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Russell v Transocean Int Resources Ltd (2011) UKSC 57 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c 22) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> see Working time in the United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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