The Labor Code describes exactly what working time is and how many hours an employee should be at the employer's disposal. Sundays, holidays, overtime or night work are subject to additional regulations, because, as a rule, it should be time for rest. How work on Sundays and holidays is presented in the Labor Code?
When is it permissible to work on Sundays and holidays?
However, it is not always possible to avoid working on public holidays. There are professions in which work must take place 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the Labor Code had to take this necessity into account. Accordingly, work on holidays is permitted in emergency services, medicine, transportation, communications, agriculture or livestock, but also in the cultural field, catering or hospitality. Ogólnie where work is necessary for social utility and daily human needs.
Can an employee refuseóto work on holidays?
Holiday work is the term used to describe work performed between 6 a.m. on Sunday or a holiday and 6 a.m. the following day. An employee may not refuseów to an employer issuing an order to work on such a day, even if the workplace is closedólly on such days. A refusal may be treated as a failure to carry out a work order. At the same time, the employer may not consider work on Sundays and holidays as the norm and order the employee to do so without a clear reason.
Can you work 4 Sundays in a row?
According to the above, an employee should not work on Sundays or holidays regularly. The Labor Code specifies that an employee is entitled to one Sunday off in four consecutive weeks. This does not apply to employeesów employed under the weekend working time system.
Wage for work on Sundays and holidays
Work on a holiday occurring outside the employee's schedule should be compensated with either a day off or an overtime bonus. If the employee does not use the day off, he is entitled to additional pay. Overtime pay for a holiday should be 100% of the salary for each hour worked.
How much time off is due for work on Sundays and holidays?
For overtime on Sunday, an employee is entitled to a day off. It should be in the period of 6 calendar days preceding or following such worked Sunday. For work on a holiday, on the other hand, the employer is obliged to give the employee a day off in the given pay period. It is important that the employee is entitled to a day off, not time off, which in practice means that even if the work on Sunday was 4 hours, the employer is obliged to give the employee the entire day off.