Working hours experiment. The federations shall continue the fixed-term pilot started on 18 January 2022 until 31 Decem- ber 2025. The project monitors workplace-specific working hours experiments involving new types of working hour arrangements that are mutually beneficial for the parties. Subject to local collective bargaining, these experiments enable deviations from the provisions of chapter 2 of the collective agreement, up to the duration of the collective agreement period. However, the parties must, in all cases, observe the mandatory provisions of the Working Hours Act (the definition of working hours, the definitions of additional and overtime work and consent, the average maximum of 48 working hours per week during a calendar year). If local collective bargaining results in deviation of the provisions of the collective agreement, such an agreement must be submitted to the working hours working group of the federations for information. The federations will not intervene in the parties’ freedom of agreement. The employer representative and staff representative or the staff together may enter their work- place in the experiment at any time during the agreement period. Registering requires filling out the form at the address xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx The working group of the federations provides the participating negotiating parties with initial training on the mandatory provisions concerning working hours. On 31 October 2023,the working group will prepare an interim report and on 31 October 2025 another report of the results of the experiment and, on the basis of these results, propose possible amendments to the collective agreement.
