This Internship Agreement allows you to specify regular or irregular hours of work for an intern. For example, 9 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday, or a certain number of hours per week at times to be agreed upon.
It is important to ensure that an intern is not working more than 48 hours per week, averaged over 17 weeks. This is the legal maximum set by The Working Time Regulations 1998. The 48-hour working week limit includes work performed for other employers. If an intern works at or close to the maximum, ask them if they are willing to opt out of the 48-hour limit. If not, you must take reasonable steps to ensure that the intern’s working time (across all employers) stays under the limit. For more information read, How to opt-out staff from the 48 hour week.
Employees also must have at least 11 hours between finishing work and starting their next day/shift, and they must either have 24 hours' continuous rest every 7 days or 48 hours’ continuous rest every 14 days.