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2.4 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
It is a condition of your employment that whilst you are an employee, you do not have any outside
financial interests, or engage in any outside business or financial activity, which conflicts with, or might
conflict with, the interests of the company.
Your acceptance of an offer of employment with the Company will be taken as confirmation that you
do not have any such conflicts of interest. If a conflict of interest should subsequently arise, you should
discuss the issue with your Manager.

Outside interests extends to devoting Company time to personal social media campaigns to generate
followers, likes, etc on personal projects, personal business concepts or private events.

Where you require time off for a registered charitable venture or event, please bring this to the
attention of your Manager to see if local agreement can be reached on same.

2.5 OTHER EMPLOYMENT
It is a condition of your employment that whilst employed by the Company, you do not enter into
employment with another company or undertake work on a freelance basis without the prior written
permission of the Company. Your total aggregate hours of all employment cannot exceed the legal
limitations set out in Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.

2.6 HOURS OF WORK AND SHIFT REQUIREMENTS
Your hours of work are set-out in the terms of employment contract you received on commencing
work with the Company. Any permanent changes to your working hours or the conditions of your
employment will be noted in your employee file.
2.6.1 Breaks
In accordance with working time legislation the Company is committed to the welfare of its employees
regarding the amount of time they spend at work. All employees whether full-time, part-time or flexi-
hours are covered by the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. The Company acknowledge that
exceptional seasonal demands place additional onus on staff to meet customer needs. The cumulative
hours worked by any individual will be closely monitored and a necessary compensatory rest periods
required will be arranged in due course.
Should you fail to receive your breaks or rest periods you should notify your Scheme Manager within
one week and they will seek to ensure you are afforded this as soon as possible.

Where you do not get an opportunity to take your break(s), please inform your Scheme Manager in
writing within 7 days and an alternative break period will be assigned.

Daily Break Period All employees must take a break of at least 15 minutes if working more than
four and a half hours or a break of at least 30 minutes if working more than
six hours (this may be inclusive of the initial 15 minutes break).

Daily Rest Period Employees affected by this legislation must take a rest period of 11 hours
consecutively in each 24-hour period.

Weekly Rest Periods All employees must take a rest period of at least 24 consecutive hours in
each period of seven days.

Our office will remain fully operational from 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm each day. Breaks must be
staggered so that there is no disruption to customer service.

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