Pub managers win working time case

Two pub landlords employed by Bass Leisure Retail, backed by the T&G general union, have won a settlement, after a legal case had been prepared, suggesting that most middle managers are covered by the Working Time Regulations 1998. The two argued that they had been unfairly required to work more than 48 hours a week when Bass had worked on the basis that they were "managing executives" and therefore exempt from the maximum 48-hour working week set out in the regulations.