Overtime and additional hours

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Occasionally, managers must ask an employee to work more than their regular hours. Here you can read about managing overtime and additional hours.

Under the Working Time Act, an employer is obliged to keep records of additional hours and overtime. This also applies to overtime in connection with flexible working hours.

As a manager, you are responsible for ensuring compliance with the applicable regulations, which includes an obligation to check that records are kept and that the limits for overtime and additional time are not exceeded.

Overtime

As a manager, you can in some cases request an employee to work beyond their regular daily working hours.

Additional time

As a manager, you can in some cases request a part-time employee to work beyond their regular daily working hours.

Overtime and additional hours for teachers

Additional hours or overtime do not normally occur for teachers, but may occur in some cases.

Read more about overtime and extra hours for teachers.

Overtime for confidential working hours

The rules on overtime and additional time do not apply to employees with confidential working hours, which means an extra responsibility for you as a manager.

Read more about overtime in case of confidential working hours

Contact

In the first instance, contact your nearest HR function.

You may also use the HR Division’s case management system to ask questions about different areas connected to HR encompassed in your role:

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