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Myths in labour law


"The daily working time of most employees may not exceed eight hours. It may be extended to up to ten hours only if an average of eight hours per working day is not exceeded within six calendar months or within 24 weeks."

No. Since most workers have a five-day working week, they can work up to 9 hours and 36 minutes (9.6 hours) on average or continuously during the statutory compensation period (six calendar months or 24 weeks). The decisive section 3 Working Time Act refers to a six-day week. The 8 hours mentioned there do not apply to a five-day week. If work is "only" done on five working days per week, up to 9.6 hours per day can be worked, since the "non-working" working day may be distributed over the five working days. Therefore, labour contract regulations that provide for a daily working time of up to 9.6 hours in a five-day working week are also relatively unproblematic.

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