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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Working Hours

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 102586, tabled on 12 January 2022

Question

Grahame Morris
Labour
Easington
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compliance of his Department's staff working from home with the Working Time Regulations 1998.

Answer

Victoria Prentis
Conservative
Banbury
Commons

Answered on

17 January 2022

We have not made a central assessment of the compliance of staff working from home against the Working Time Regulations (WTR) 1998. While we do not centrally monitor or hold records of employees’ working time (whether working from home, a Defra workplace or other location), we do ask managers and employees to ensure compliance and keep local records in accordance with WTR 1998.

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