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Definition

The legal limit on working hours is 35 hours per week, or 1607 per year. This reference limit applies to all companies, regardless of size. It is a threshold above which overtime hours are calculated. It is not a minimum time limit (workers may be employed on a part-time basis), nor a maximum limit: overtime is permitted, as long as the maximum limits are respected, beyond which employees cannot be asked to work.

Note

This legal time limit came into force on January 1st 2002.