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Hello, when I recently carried out a risk assessment for a young lady I ran it in conjunction with an occupational health assessment that was unique to the person.
A magic number of 40 hours was mentioned by our external occupational health people, so we used that as guidance as to her normal working week.
Can I ask anyone else's thoughts on expectations on working hours as her contract is 42.5 hours er week but we are looking for flexibility, there are odd days when her travelling will exceed this, say 46 hours maybe and we pay reasonable overtime.
The lady is around 2 months pregnant if that helps.
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I believe there not to be a set limit on working hours for expectant mothers - having had a fair few queries be passed through to us from HR (don't ask!!). The HSE page below is a good source of information and clearer guidance, I suppose it might come down to the time directive and your organisations inclusion/exclusion and also that of the expectant mother. In terms of limits I am personally not aware of any - but excessive hours and also if she is driving as mentioned, the risks may be deemed to great and adjustments required. We advise against night working as well, not sure if a factor at your place - but that normally requires a GP certificate. (Just as an addition - as both a scientist and H&S professional I would also point out the reviewing of the RA. You'll be aware pregnancy has its phases and there are certainly points in the pregancy where a foetus is more at risk from the mothers actvities and such may need re-addressing. Also, with the length of a working day - this could pose some health concerns given amount of rest time and time between work end and the next morning.) http://www.hse.gov.uk/mothers/law.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/mothers/law.htm
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