12 § Additional, overtime and Sunday work

1.       Additional work refers to work carried out between regular working hours and the maximum legal number of regular working hours.

Additional work can only be performed by employees whose regular agreed working hours are less than 40 hours per week.

2.       Single hourly wages for each actual working hour shall be paid for additional work. If additional work is carried out between the regular maximum working hours as referred to in the collective agreement (7.5 hours a day and 37.5 hours a week) and the maximum legal regular working hours (eight hours a day and 40 hours a week), the hourly wages for this work shall be raised by 50 %.

3.       Overtime refers to work exceeding the legal maximum number of regular working hours (8 h per day and 40 h per week).

4.       Daily overtime shall be compensated for by a wage increase of 50 % for the first two hours and 100 % for any subsequent hours.

5.       Weekly overtime shall be compensated for by a wage increase of 50 % for the first eight hours and 100 % for any subsequent hours.

6.       Overtime work carried out on Sunday, on public holidays, on the First of May, on Independence Day, and after 5:00pm on New Year’s Eve shall be compensated for by a wage increase of 150 % for the first two hours and 200 % for any subsequent hours.

7.       If work performed by an employee continues into a new day, the work shall be included in the additional work and overtime calculations for the previous day until the start of the employee’s normal regular working hours. These hours shall not be taken into account in calculation of the regular working hours of the second day.

8.       With the employee’s consent, additional work, overtime, and Sunday work can be compensated for by time off in lieu. Time off must be granted within two months of performance of the work if demanded by the employee.

9.       Local agreements can be made with regard to overtime not exceeding 250 extra hours within a 12-month period, instead of the four-month review period as referred to in the Working Hours Act. The same time period shall be observed if an agreement regarding 80 hours of extra overtime has been made in the enterprise.