Young workers: weekly rest period (hours)

The hours off a worker under 18 gets in every seven-day period they work, reducible to 36 but no lower.

48hours

Primary source only Statutory Instrument Great Britain in force since 1998-10-01

Checked against its sources: statute verified 2026-09-21

Scope: 48 hours a week, against the adult's 24 in regulation 11(1) — double, and a separate figure this corpus cannot yet carry for the same reason as the adult's daily rest. The floor under regulation 11(8)'s reduction is 36 consecutive hours, which is a third figure and not this record. Do not confuse these 48 hours of REST with the adult's 48-hour weekly working limit in regulation 4(1), or with regulation 11(2)(b)'s uninterrupted 48 hours in a 14-day period, which is an adult alternative to the 24.

Current sources

Source A · Legislationhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1833/made (SI 1998/1833 reg 11(3) as made: "Subject to paragraph (8), a young worker is entitled to a rest period of not less than 48 hours in each seven-day period during which he works for his employer"; in force 1 October 1998, reg 1(1))

retrieved 2026-09-11

History

Value	From	To	Status	Sources
48	1998-10-01	—	Primary source only	Legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1833/made (SI 1998/1833 reg 11(3) as made: "Subject to paragraph (8), a young worker is entitled to a rest period of not less than 48 hours in each seven-day period during which he works for his employer"; in force 1 October 1998, reg 1(1)) retrieved 2026-09-11

Receipt

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Figure ID: employment.working_time.young_worker.rest_period_weekly_hours
Name in the API: Young worker: minimum weekly rest period (hours)
Record fields (source type · unit · jurisdiction · status): si·hours·GB·single_source_A
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Compiler's notes

An SI carry (ADR-0014), and a HOST-STATES one: SI 2002/3128 reg 12 touched regulation 11's paragraphs (1), (2) and (7) only, so nothing has amended paragraph (3) and the 1998 Regulations state the value by their own words. Both documents are hashed into this record and the verdict recomputed at Gate 2. The locator carries paragraph (3)'s own subject clause and its seven-day period, because "48 hours" also stands in paragraph (2)(b) and in regulation 4(1).