Regular Weekly Working Hours Clause Samples

Regular Weekly Working Hours. The regular working hours of time-rate translators are 37.5 hours per week. Measures must be taken to schedule the working hours of both time-rate employees and freelancers on weekdays between 8am and 6pm. Remuneration for irregular working hours is defined in Appendix 1. The maximum amount of overtime for a time-rate employee is 138 hours during any four-month period and 250 hours per calendar year. In special cases the employer and the employees' representatives or the personnel or a personnel group together may agree upon additional overtime. The maximum amount of additional overtime is 80 hours per calendar year without exceeding the aforementioned maximum of 138 hours.
Regular Weekly Working Hours. The regular working hours for a full-time employee may not exceed an average of 40 hours per holiday-free week during a reference period of not more than 12 months. Easter Saturday, Whit Saturday, Midsummer’s Eve, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are treated as public holidays. On the following days, regular working hours are reduced by four hours – Twelfth Night, Maundy Thursday and the day before All Saints’ Day. For part-time employees, weekly working hours are proportional to full- time work.