Längere tägliche Arbeitszeit beantragen

Under certain conditions, as an employer you can have longer daily working hours approved for employees in your company.

Under certain conditions, as an employer you can obtain an exceptional permit for longer daily working hours for employees in your company.

You must submit an application for this.

A deviation from the regulations on working hours is possible for

• continuous shift operations
• Construction and assembly sites
• Seasonal and campaign operations

For continuous shift operations, you may be granted longer daily working hours in order to obtain additional shifts off.

For seasonal and campaign operations, you may be granted longer daily working hours for the duration of the season or campaign. The increase in working hours will be compensated by a corresponding reduction at other times. For health and safety reasons, daily working hours of more than 12 hours are generally not permitted for continuous shift operations as well as for seasonal and campaign operations.

For construction and assembly sites, longer daily working hours in excess of 8 hours may be approved without special conditions.

They are not entitled to an exemption permit.

• Deviation from working time regulations Authorization
• Deviating from the regulations on working hours, a higher daily working time is possible for
  • continuous shift operations
  • Construction and assembly sites
  • Seasonal and campaign operations
• A permit must be applied for, which is only issued under certain conditions
• Permit is limited in time
• Responsible: local authority responsible for occupational health and safety