• socksy
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    9 months ago

    I am in Germany, how do I get a 35 hour work week without working part time? Every contact I’ve ever had has said 40 hours, not including breaks, with an expectation of overtime going up to 50 hours (legal maximum) unpaid.

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      9 months ago

      OK now I’m confused, because I was pretty sure Germany introduced 35 hour work week already in the 90’s, just like Denmark reduced to 37.5 hours.
      Here the 37.5 is actually the norm for full time work. I thought it was 35 in Germany, but I can’t even find anything on the introduction of 35 hours in the 90’s ???

      But apparently the AVERAGE which is a completely different measure, is 34.2 in 2020.

      https://blog.emerald-technology.com/working-hours-germany

      34.2 hours as of 2020

      I apologize if I misrepresented the situation in Germany.