Overtime

Overtime describes the working time that exceeds the (collectively agreed) contractual working time and is ordered or tolerated by the employer. Nevertheless, the legal requirements of the Working Hours Act must be observed and necessary rest periods must be observed. As a matter of principle, overtime is not to be worked unless it has been expressly agreed in the contract.

How much or in which way overtime is remunerated is to be regulated in the employment or collective agreement. However, it is not possible for all overtime to be compensated with the employee's salary.

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