Apply for deviating regulations for shift work

You can only apply for a permit if you are an employer.

Opinion of the works council (if any)

Night and shift work is regulated in the Working Hours Act.
However, according to the Working Hours Act, there is the possibility that in an area in which regulations are usually not made by collective agreement, exceptions can be approved by the supervisory authority if this is necessary for operational reasons and the health of the employees is not endangered.
This also includes the possibility of extending the daily working time by more than eight hours without compensation if the working time regularly and to a considerable extent includes readiness for work or on-call duty and special regulations ensure that the health of the employees is not endangered.

If you want to apply online for Sunday and public holiday work, the following steps must be taken:

• Access to the online service
• You fill out the fields of the online service completely and send it to the Office for Occupational Safety and Health, including the documents and evidence listed in the application.
• If the documents or information required for processing are incomplete, you will be contacted by the clerk.
• The Office for Occupational Safety and Health examines the application.
• If the requirements for approval are met, you will receive a notification of approval, otherwise a notification of rejection.
• The decision will be sent to you by post.

If you want to apply for the declaration of admissibility in writing, the following steps must be carried out:

• You fill out the relevant application form completely.
• You send it to the Office for Occupational Safety and Health, including the documents listed in the application.
• The remaining procedural steps correspond to the online application.
• A notification of fees will be sent to you following approval/rejection.