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Day work and evening work

Working hours from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. are considered day work; the hours from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. constitute evening work. Day and evening work do not require approval. However, evening work may be introduced only after consultation with the employee representative committee, or, if there is none, after consultation with the affected employees. This rule allows the introduction of a two-shift operation without government approval. The working time of an individual employee, including breaks and excess hours, must be within a period of 14 hours.

Demarcation of day, evening and night

Source: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

 
Last update on: 30.09.2009
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