Art. 114. [maximum length of the working time]
(1) The maximum legal length of the working time may not exceed 48 hours per week, including the overtime.
(2) By way of exception, the length of the working time, including the overtime, may be extended beyond 48 hours per week, provided that the average working hours, calculated over a reference period of three calendar months, do not exceed 48 hours per week.
(21) For certain economic sectors, organizations or professions listed in the national collective labour agreement, reference periods above three months, but not exceeding twelve months, may be negotiated in the applicable branch collective labour agreement.
(22) When setting the reference periods provided for in paragraphs
(2) and (21), the length of the annual leave and the individual employment contract suspensions shall not be taken into account.
(3) The provisions of paragraphs (1),
(2) and (21) shall not apply to young people under the age of eighteen years.