Common use of Work on Saturdays Clause in Contracts

Work on Saturdays. Employees who have direct contact with customers at customer centres, shops and service centres may work on Saturdays between 08:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Working hours for the individual employee must be not less than 4.5 hours. Efforts must be made to ensure that the employee works only on every second Saturday, and that, as a main rule, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ with one single staff member is not established where this is not already the case. It shall be ensured that the employee gets at least 8 days off over a four-week period, and that the average weekly working hours over a four-week period may not exceed 1/52 of the employee’s normal hours per year. As a main rule, the day off shall be placed, instead of on a Saturday, during the week subsequent to the Saturday on which the employee has worked. The employer and the employee shall make an agreement on the placing of working hours on Saturdays. The agreement shall be subject to approval by the staff association. The employer may bring non-approval before the parties to the collective agreement. Agreements on work on Saturdays may be terminated at six months’ notice. Working hours on Saturdays shall be paid with an addition of 100 per cent of the hourly rate. In case of illness, holidays, etc., the normal allowance shall be paid. Placing of the working hours must be agreed with the individual employee, so that the placing of the working hours is known not less than four weeks in advance. If, within this period, the parties agree on a change of the placing of the working hours, the employee shall receive an additional allowance of 50 per cent of the hourly rate for the working hours outside the working hours previously planned. If the change of placing of working hours agreed involves work on planned days off, the employee shall instead receive an additional allowance of 66 2/3 per cent of the hourly rate. Job positions involving work on Saturdays shall first be announced internally. The positions shall be filled upon application. 127