The right to just and favourable conditions of work (Art. 7) 2016, para. 35
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- Working days spent in all activities, including unpaid work, should be limited to a specified number of hours. While the general daily limit (without overtime) should be eight hours, the rule should take into account the complexities of the workplace and allow for flexibility, responding, for example, to different types of work arrangements such as shift work, consecutive work shifts, work during emergencies and flexible working arrangements. Exceptions should be strictly limited and subject to consultation with workers and their representative organizations. Where legislation permits longer working days, employers should compensate for longer days with shorter working days so that the average number of working hours over a period of weeks does not exceed the general principle of eight hours per day. Requirements for workers to be on-call or on standby need to be taken into account in the calculation of hours of work.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- CESCR General Comment No. 23, The right to just and favourable conditions of work (Art. 7) (2016), para. 35.
- Paragraph number
- 35
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