Apply for different regulations for night work

• You can only apply for a permit if you are an employer.
• Working hours may not exceed 48 hours per week on average over six calendar months or 24 weeks.

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 exceptions can be approved by the supervisory authority in an area in which regulations are usually not made by collective agreement, 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.

You can apply for a permit in writing.

• You submit a corresponding application to the Office for Occupational Safety and Health
• You submit all the documents required for a decision on your application.
• The documents you submit will be checked for completeness and additional documents may be requested.
• If you meet all the requirements, the permit can be granted.
• You will receive a corresponding notification of approval.
• If the requirements are not met, a rejection notice will be issued.
• You will be sent a fee notice

If you would like to apply for different regulations for night work online, you can do this using the free text field in the application. The remaining procedural steps correspond to the written procedure.

If you would like to apply for different regulations for night work online:

• Use the free text field of the application in the online service.
• The remaining procedural steps correspond to the written procedure.