To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what records relating to staff working times are kept by her Department under Regulation 9 of the Working Time Regulations 1998; and how long those records are kept for.
Answered on
2 December 2021
Each employee’s record of daily working times and aggregated hours over four-weekly periods is retained for three years.
A record of any employee’s exceptional decision under the Working Time Regulations 1998 voluntarily to disapply the 48-hour maximum working time is retained as part of their employment record for 85 years.
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Department for Work and Pensions