As a teacher am I allowed to work at the weekends and holidays?

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And do any other teachers have second jobs?

I earn quite a good wage, am in a management position but my DH earns half my wage because we want him to work around dd.

We are struggling financially. I have thought about leaving teaching for something that pays better but I enjoy my job and am good at it.

I will do exam marking.

I am willing to do anything, cleaning, bar work etc.

But will it be classed as moonlighting?

I suspect most people in professional jobs work more thanb 48 hours a week tbh. It does seem rather pointless.

People at the schools I worked in did know, including the head. As an internet fairy, I agree with activate though. It might just have been that everyone was just too laid back to bother complaining or pinning me down to the letter of the law.
I suppose Goblins must be part of fairyland.

Thanks Goblin. I know lots of people do exam marking, contributing to text books etc.

I am in work tomorrow so will see speak to the bursar.

I don't really understand the opt out thing, tbh, and I know that teachers actually work far more hours than 48, but it's to do with how many hours you are contracted to work etc.

I have a few friends in teaching and , although they work 60 hours plus a week, a lot of these hours are "unofficial" and aren't part of their counted hours or done in their place of work, iyswim. Just like my brother and sister, who are both professionals, work many more hours than their contracts would suggest.

I don't really know how it works, as I say, but contracted hours of more than an average of 48 a week are illegal without signing an opt out. It makes a bit of a nonsense of the working time regulations, though.

can't your DH get a weekend job? It sounds as if he sees more of DD than you do at the moment?

The opt out thing was to make Oor Tone look all understanding and kindly. "Look," he said, "you shouldn't have to work over 48 hours a week, and here's legislation to make sure you don't have to. But I know that some people want to work all the hours God sends, and we appreciate and support hard-working families, so you have the right to sign away your right not to work over 48 hours."

Then you get a shiney new job, and the Boss says, "Sign this here bit of paper giving up your right to not work over 48 hours, it's only a formality."

You say, "I don't want to work over 48 hours. I won't sign the paper. I have that right."

Boss says, "Next!"

(Yes, I had to sign away my rights as soon as I started. And that was on a zero-hours contract.)

I used to do a bit of wedding dress modelling. I had to get permission from my HT to continue with it once I was on a permanent contract.