Working Hours Act

The Act limits employees' daily working time to eight hours, allows an extension to up to ten hours only where it is offset accordingly, and governs rest breaks, the uninterrupted rest period between two working days, and Sunday and public holiday rest.

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Reference

Reference: ArbZG
Area: Employment and social security
Supervision: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
Publisher: Bundesministerium der Justiz, Gesetze im Internet
Checked: 2026-10-03

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Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales4 · Acts supervised

Questions

How long may daily working time be and what rest breaks must be observed?Working Hours Act, sections 3 and 5

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Protection Against Dismissal ActKSchG
Occupational Safety and Health ActArbSchG
Works Constitution ActBetrVG
German Commercial CodeHGB
German Stock Corporation ActAktG

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