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| Hours of Work |
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| Description |
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Weekly hours of work performed and payment for training.
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What are the normal weekly hours of work?
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The normal hours of work for full-time employment
vary according to the relevant sector of industry. These are established in
Wage Regulation Orders that regulate such sectors according to their activity
of work. The normal hours of work of a part-time employee should be less than
those worked by a comparable full-time employee, calculated on a weekly basis
or on an average over a period of employment of up to one year.
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Is the employee entitled for any payment if sent
for training when s/he is not on duty?
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If the training is obligatory, the employer must
treat that period as working time and pay it accordingly.
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| Hours of Work - Part Time |
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| Description |
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| A part-time employee is one whose normal hours of work, calculated on a weekly basis or on an average over a period of employment of up to one year, are less than the normal hours of work of a comparable whole-time employee and who is not a whole-time employee with reduced hours. |
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Are all part-timers entitled to pro-rata
entitlements?
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In any part-time employment, whether as a
principal or secondary employment, a
part-time employee is entitled to all entitlements enjoyed by the comparable
full-time employee, on a pro rata basis.
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How is the pro-rata entitlement calculated?
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The pro-rata is the proportion of the number of
weekly hours worked by the part-time employee when compared to the number of
the normal weekly hours worked by a full-time employee performing same work.
Example: (The vacation leave of a full timer
working 40 hours per week is 200 hours in 2018. If the part-timer works 20
hours a week, the pro-rata vacation leave entitlement is 20/40x200 hours =
100 hours.)
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Reduced Hours
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Description
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| Employee is employed on a full-time basis but has an agreement with the employer to work less hours for a specified period of time. |
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Who can work on the basis of reduced hours?
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Full-time employment with reduced hours is
employment in respect of which social security contributions are payable and
when the employee agrees with his/her employer to work less hours than those
worked by a comparable full-timer. In such cases, the wage and other
entitlements shall be granted on a pro-rata basis.
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Telework
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| Employees having an agreement with the employer to perform duties remotely on a regular basis. |
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Can there be an arrangement for an employee to
perform telework?
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Where an employer makes an offer of telework, the
employee is free to accept or refuse the offer. If an employee requests to
perform telework, the employer may accept or refuse such request. Whereas
telework is always dependent on the nature of work carried out by the
employee, telework arrangements are always agreed by the mutual consent of
the employer and the employee.
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Rest
Periods
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The duration of rest periods.
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Is an employee entitled to rest breaks during the
day?
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Where the working day is longer than six hours,
an employee is entitled to not less than fifteen minutes of rest, unless a
longer period of rest is provided by any other regulation or agreement. Such
rest break is not considered as working time.
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How much rest time should be given from one
working day to another?
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Every worker is entitled to a minimum daily rest
period of 11 consecutive hours.
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Is an employee entitled to a weekly day of rest?
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In addition to the 11 hour daily rest, every
worker is entitled to an uninterrupted weekly rest period of:
a) 24 consecutive hours within a seven day
period, or
b) One period of 48 consecutive hours within
a 14 day period, or
c) Two periods of 24 consecutive hours each
within a 14 day period.
However, in certain circumstances specified by
the law, there may be the possibility for a worker not to take the full rest
period, provided that equivalent compensatory rest periods are given to the
worker concerned at times immediately following the corresponding periods
worked.
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Is it possible to substitute the rest period with
monetary compensation?
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No, such a circumstance is prohibited by law.
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