What is the regular working time under the Finnish Working Time Act?
Regular working time is at most eight hours a day and 40 hours a week, unless another arrangement under the Act or a collective agreement applies.
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Source
- Source
- Working Time Act, section 5
- Acts
- Finnish Working Hours Act
- Area
- Employment and occupational safety
- Checked
- 2026-10-01
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