Working time

Annual Paid Leave in the EU The following legal question was addressed by our legal team …

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Young workers working for a period of 4 hours or more must receive an additional paid rest break of at least 30 minutes …

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The normal working week must not exceed 40 hours and the maximum working week is 48 hours (inclusive of overtime) …

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In Lithuania, employees must not be assigned work during public holidays, unless it is work which cannot be interrupted on technical production grounds, work involving the need to provide services to the population or work involving urgent repairs and loadings …

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Employees must be given an unpaid daily lunch break of at least 30 minutes …

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Overtime may only be worked on an exceptional basis, for example where the work is in response to a natural disaster ot to prevent an accident, in relation to repairs or where the failure of another employee to attend the workplace had hindered work processes …

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On-call work is limited to ‘exceptional’ situations where a company has to complete urgent work or deal with potential emergencies …

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Work at night occurs when at least 3 hours of the employee’s working time occurs between 10pm and 6am …

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