Common use of Excessive working hours Clause in Contracts

Excessive working hours. Excessive working hours 1. Excessive working hours are where a journalist has worked more than 152 hours in a consecutive period of four weeks. If the journalist took one or more full days' holiday, public holidays or other days off as referred to in article 5.6, or compensation days as referred to in this article and/or was on sick leave during this period, such days are set at 7.6 hours for calculating excessive working hours. Any compensation that has been established will not lapse in the event of sickness. 2. Excessive working hours shall be avoided as far as possible. 3. If the employee has worked excessive working hours, any surplus hours worked shall be compensated by replacement time off within 13 weeks of the period of their occurrence. The journalist involved will decide when such time off is taken, provided that this is not explicitly in conflict with the company's interests. The manager involved will substantiate any negative decision in writing at the journalist's request. The compensation that has been established will not lapse. The time off shall be taken as full or half compensation days as much as possible.

Excessive working hours. Excessive working hours 1. Excessive working hours are where a journalist has worked more than 152 hours in a consecutive period of four weeks. If the journalist took one or more full days' holiday, public holidays or other days off as referred to in article 5.6, or compensation days as referred to in this article and/or was on sick leave during this period, such days are set at 7.6 hours for calculating excessive working hours. Any compensation that has been established will not lapse in the event of sickness. 2. Excessive working hours shall be avoided as far as possible. 3. If the employee has worked excessive working hours, any surplus hours worked shall be compensated by replacement time off within 13 weeks of the period of their occurrence. The journalist involved will decide when such time off is taken, provided that this is not explicitly in conflict with the company's interests. The manager involved will substantiate any negative decision in writing at the journalist's request. The compensation that has been established will not lapse. The time off shall be taken as full or half compensation days as much as possible. 4. If excessive working hours regularly occur, this shall be addressed in the editorial meeting referred to in article 16.18 paragraph 2.