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8. Right to Reasonable notice of shifts

8. Right to Reasonable notice of shifts

8.1. An employer will have to provide reasonable notice of shifts, including the time, day and number of hours to be worked.

Changing Shifts

8.1.2. Further to this, employers will have to pay workers if they cancel, move or curtail an agreed shift with insufficient notice. What counts as ‘reasonable’, and ‘short notice’, will be consulted on ahead of being included in secondary legislation. An equivalent provision is proposed in relation to agency workers.