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Is it possible to have a contract of employment that does not specify the hours an employee must work?

I work as a chauffeur. My contract of employment guarantees a minimum of 40 hours per week yet only states that I must work as many hours as the operating conditions require. It does not specify my hours. I don't think that this is correct. Am I right?

Public Comments

1. if you are asking if some law prohibits you from accepting a job with irregular hours, the answer is no. You can contract to be available 24/7 if you wish.
2. Of course you can have such a contract. there are lots of jobs that cannot have specific hours. If you don't like that idea why take the job in the first place
3. The only specification about working hours is the European Working Time Directive. Even then, your employer can ask you to sign an opt-out that allows you to work more hours (in the UK).
4. You must speak to a Lawyer that is breach of contract.
5. Duncan Henderson is right. I work in healthcare and every home I have worked in has asked me to sign something that says I am prepared to work over the prescribed 48 hours a week. At the moment, however, I work as 'bank staff'' which means I have greater flexibility - my employer is not obliged to offer me work, and if they do, I am not obliged to accept it. However, being healthcare, there is always plenty of work going because the pay is so poor. So I can work 20, 40, 60 hours a week etc - it's up to me. Not sure about working as a chauffeur. But the European Directive is set at 48 hours, so if you sign your contract you have to be prepared to work those hours. This seems to me to be extremely unfair because (as far as I know) no other European country enforces these hours.