Your employment rights include the right to work limited hours each day and week. Most adult workers have the following rights:
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the right to a break where the working day is longer than six hours
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a guaranteed rest period of 11 hours every working day
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a guaranteed rest period of 24 hours once in every seven days
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a ceiling of 48 hours on the maximum average working week
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a ceiling on night work of an average of 8 hours in every 24
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a free health assessment for all night workers
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the right to twenty days annual leave.
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