Common use of Regular working time Clause in Contracts

Regular working time. ‌ 1. Regular office hours shall average not more than 7 hours and 15 minutes per day, and 36 hours and 15 minutes per week. 2. Regular working hours for duties other than office work shall average not more than 9 hours per day and no more than 10 hours per night shift and no more than 38 hours and 15 minutes per week. Application instruction: By means of various working time arrangements, working time may be implemented as in a system of leisure time compensa- tion, so that the daily working hours may vary on different work- ing days during the week, or, within a reference period, working time may be organised so that employees may take time off for a longer continuous period. 3. In duties according to Paragraph 1, the daily regular working hours may be temporarily increased by no more than one hour. The temporary in- crease in working hours will be recorded in the work schedule when the list is drafted. 4. The review period for the maximum number of working hours under the Working Hours Act is no more than 12 months (entry into force on 1 Jan- uary 2021). 5. The employer may commission no more than six additional hours of work and no more than six hours of paid training at a simple hourly salary per year. Additional work and training may not take place on Sundays, weekday holidays or Saturdays during weeks with midweek holidays. Additional work and training may take place on no more than two Satur- days per year. Compensation for additional work and training shall be paid as a supple- ment to the monthly salary. The timing of the additional work and training shall be such that it does not unreasonably inconvenience individual employees. Employees shall be notified of the need for additional work and training as early as possible, and employees shall be entitled to refuse them on a case-by-case basis. For 2020, based on the entry mentioned above, there are three hours of additional work and three hours of training available.