Common use of Daily Rest Period Clause in Contracts

Daily Rest Period. During the 24 hours following the start of each shift, employees must be given an uninterrupted rest period of at least 11 hours, excluding the work com- pleted during call-on time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the daily rest period in shift work can be shortened to nine hours if the organisation of work de- mands it. If the appropriate arrangement of the work requires it, the daily rest period can temporarily be reduced to seven (7) hours with the employee’s consent. The daily rest period must, however, be at least seven hours. When demanded by the organisation of the work or nature of activities, the daily rest period can be temporarily shortened to five (5) hours with the em- ployer’s decision, as set out in Section 25 Subsection 3 of the Working Hours Act, in the following cases: • it the work in question is shift work and the employee changes shifts, • if several periods of work are carried out during the day, • if the employee’s work place or place of residence are far away from each other, • in order to handle an unpredicted rush peak period in periodic work, • in connection with an accident or accident hazard, • in safety and security work, which requires constant presence for protect- ing property or people, • in work, which is essential for the continuity of activities. On the basis of the previously stated reasons, deviation from the daily rest pe- riod may last for no longer than three consecutive daily rest periods. The rest period must, however, be at least five (5) hours. The employee must be given compensatory rest periods for the shortened daily rest period at the next daily rest period or, if this is not possible for weighty reasons due to the organisation of work, as soon as possible, but within 14 days. The compensatory rest period shall be provided in a continu- ous manner and it cannot coincide with on-call time. When implementing flexitime, the daily rest period can be shortened by the employees initiative to seven (7) hours.