If you are under 18 but over school leaving age, you are classed as a young worker. You are under school leaving age until the end of summer term of the school year in which you turn Young workers have different restrictions on night work than adult workers. Your employer might decide to reward you for working antisocial hours for example, you may get free transport, food or extra pay.
You only have a legal right to any of these if your contract says you do, but it's good practice for employers to offer them. If you don't have to do night work under your contract, your employer will normally need your agreement to make you change your hours.
A contract can be in writing or a verbal agreement. As there are health risks linked with night work, your employer must offer you a free health assessment normally a questionnaire before you start working at night and on a regular basis after that. Generally this is done once a year, but your employers could offer a health assessment more often.
You do not have to take the health check offered. Your employer should get help from a suitably qualified health professional when devising and assessing the health assessments. If you do complete a health assessment questionnaire and the answers cause concern, your employer should refer you to a doctor.
If a doctor tells you that you have health problems caused by night work, your employer must transfer you to daytime work - if this is possible. Although excluded from other working time protections, mobile and road transport workers who are night workers are entitled to health assessments. If you become pregnant or are a new mother, and are worried about the risks of night time work, you should speak to your employer about being moved to daytime work.
Your employer should give you special consideration and conduct a risk assessment. We will not reply to your feedback. Pizza delivery driver. Customer service representative. Security guard. Residential counselor. Toll booth attendant. Gas station attendant. Find jobs. Company reviews. Find salaries. Upload your resume. Sign in. Finding a Job. What are the different shifts? Morning shift: Usually 8 a. Evening shift: Typically 4 p. Overnight shift: Also known as the graveyard shift, this shift lasts from midnight to 8 a.
What jobs commonly schedule evening shift hours? Can you make more money working the evening shift? How many people work on the evening shift? What are the advantages of working evening shift hours? The business needs a certain number of people at given times to cover customer demand. Retailers that close overnight often have a morning or day shift, another shift commonly called a night shift, which operates from four or five to close and a mid-shift. Mid-shift is alternative to evening shift.
It is a shorter work shift that provides overlap coverage during peak customer shopping demand just after the standard close of business at 5 p. In some organizations, the difference in shift terms is more than just semantics. Your shift can affect your pay. The National Minimum Wage applies to night workers but there is not a higher night working rate. Additional rules apply to night workers on top of the rules on maximum weekly working hours and rest breaks. The average is usually calculated over 17 weeks, but it can be over a longer period of up to 52 weeks if the workers and the employer agree - for example, by collective agreement.
They usually cannot work between 10pm and 6am this can be changed to not working between 11pm and 7am, by contract but there are exceptions if they work in:. Night workers who deal with special hazards or whose work involves mental or physical strain cannot work longer than 8 hours in any hour period.
A risk assessment must be carried out to identify special hazards and work involving mental or physical strain. You cannot discriminate against a worker if they do not want to work nights. Check what you need to do. To help us improve GOV. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Cookies on GOV.
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