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<p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>BEIS is committed to maintaining
working hours for all workers that comply with the requirements of the Working Time
Regulations 1998 (WTR). The provisions of the WTR are incorporated into BEIS's terms,
conditions and policies. Our Working Time policy is published on our intranet and
accessible to all staff.</p><p>Line Managers are responsible for ensuring that staff
are aware of the hours they are required to work and the arrangements for taking appropriate
breaks so that working time is complied with. Managers are also responsible for monitoring
the working hours of their staff. Any time off in lieu taken because of excess hours
worked is agreed at a local level between an employee and their line manager.</p><p>BEIS
operates a variety of flexible working approaches where, subject to the needs of their
team and the business, individuals can agree working hours/patterns with their manager
which enable them to maintain their work/life balance.</p><p>BEIS follows the Civil
Service Wellbeing Strategy - ensuring the good health and wellbeing of our staff is
a priority for us. We have a range of support in place for our employees which includes
the delivery of an ongoing programme of in-house health and wellbeing events and access
to employee assistance programmes. BEIS promotes good mental health for all and has
trained in-house Mental Health First Aiders. We have also delivered a tranche of “Wellbeing
Confident Leadership” training to around 69% of our Senior Civil Servants to enable
them to create a working environment which recognises the importance of individual
wellbeing and how this might be affected by working patterns and practices.</p>
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