Working time in 2014

In 2014, the working time will be 250 days, i.e. 2,000 hours. The amendment to the working time regulations will enable the employer to plan schedules more flexibly and adjust them to the actual needs of the company.

Calculation of the working time

The employer sets a schedule (working time schedule) for at least one month and communicates it to employees at least one week before it becomes effective. The method of determining the working time for an employee is governed by Art. 130 of the Labor Code. and applies to all working time systems, excluding continuous work.

The working time in the adopted settlement period is calculated as:

• by multiplying 40 hours by the number of full weeks in the billing period,
• adding to the obtained number of hours the product of 8 hours and the number of days remaining until the end of the billing period, falling from Monday to Friday,
• reducing the working time by 8 hours for each holiday occurring in the settlement period and falling on a day other than Sunday,
• reducing by the number of hours of justified absence from work per hours to be worked during this absence, in accordance with the adopted working time schedule.

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The working time applicable in 2014, broken down into individual settlement periods, is as follows:

Working time 2014 - the annual settlement period

Month	Calculation of the working time	number hours	number days
I-XII	(40 hours × 52 weeks) + (8 hours × 1 day) - (8 hours × 11 holidays)	2.000	250

Six-month billing period

Month	Calculation of the working time	number hours	number days
I-VI	(40 hours × 25 weeks) + (8 hours × 4 days) - (8 hours × 6 holidays)	984	123
VII-XII	(40 hours × 26 weeks) + (8 hours × 2 days) - (8 hours × 5 holidays)	1.016	127
Together		2.000	250

Four-month billing period

Month	Calculation of the working time	number hours	number days
I-IV	(40 hours × 17 weeks) + (8 hours × 1 day) - (8 hours × 3 holidays)	664	83
May-VIII	(40 hours × 17 weeks) + (8 hours × 2 days) - (8 hours × 4 holidays)	664	83
IX-XII	(40 hours × 17 weeks) + (8 hours × 3 days) - (8 hours × 4 holidays)	672	84
Together		2.000	250

Three-month billing period

Month	Calculation of the working time	number hours	number days
I-III	(40 hours × 12 weeks) + (8 hours × 4 days) - (8 hours × 2 holidays)	496	62
IV-VI	(40 hours × 13 weeks) - (8 hours × 4 holidays)	488	61
VII-IX	(40 hours × 13 weeks) + (8 hours × 1 day) - (8 hours × 1 holiday)	520	65
X-XII	(40 hours × 13 weeks) + (8 hours × 1 day) - (8 hours × 4 holidays)	496	62
Together		2.000	250

One-month billing period

Month	Calculation of the working time	number hours	number days
AND	(40 hours × 4 weeks) + (8 hours × 3 days) - (8 hours × 2 holidays)	168	21
II	(40 hours × 4 weeks)	160	20
III	(40 hours × 4 weeks) + (8 hours× 1 day)	168	21
IV	(40 hours × 4 weeks) + (8 hours × 2 days) - (8 hours × 1 holiday)	168	21
V	(40 hours × 4 weeks) + (8 hours × 2 days) - (8 hours × 2 holidays)	160	20
VI	(40 hours × 4 weeks) + (8 hours × 1 day) - (8 hours × 1 holiday)	160	20
VII	(40 hours × 4 weeks) + (8 hours × 3 days)	184	23
VIII	(40 hours × 4 weeks) + (8 hours × 1 day) - (8 hours × 1 holiday)	160	20
IX	(40 hours × 4 weeks) + (8 hours × 2 days)	176	22
X	(40 hours × 4 weeks) + (8 hours × 3 days)	184	23
XI	(40 hours × 4 weeks) - (8 hours × 2 holidays)	144	18
XII	(40 hours × 4 weeks) + (8 hours × 3 days) - (8 hours × 2 holidays)	168	21
Together		2.000	250

Possibility to extend the billing period up to 12 months

In accordance with the new regulations of the Labor Code in force since 23 August 2013, the settlement period may be extended to a maximum of 12 months, if it is justified by objective, technical or work organization reasons, in accordance with the general principles of protecting the safety and health of employees (Article 129 § 2 kp). Accordingly, the extension of the working time settlement period may be applied in any working time system.

The extension of the working time settlement period to 12 months is agreed in writing and communicated to the employees:

• in a collective labor agreement or in agreement with company trade unions,
• in the absence of a trade union organization in an agreement concluded with employees' representatives, selected in the manner adopted by a given employer (Article 150 § 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure).

Working time - statutory holidays in 2014.

Statutory days off in 2014 are:

January 1 (Wednesday)	New Year
January 6 (Monday)	Three Kings
April 20 (Sunday)	Easter
April 21 (Monday)	Easter Monday
May 1 (Thursday)	Labour Day
May 3 (Saturday)	Constitution Day May 3
June 8 (Sunday)	Pentecost
June 19 (Thursday)	Corpus Christi
August 15 (Friday)	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
November 1 (Saturday)	All the saints
November 11 (Tuesday)	Independence Day
December 25 (Thursday)	Christmas
December 26 (Friday)	Christmas

On days when the holiday falls on a non-working day (resulting from an average five-day working week), the employer is obliged to indicate another day off in a given settlement period. In 2014, there will be two days for which an additional day off should be designated: May 3 and November 1.

Exception - working hours in continuous operation

Continuous work is a specific schedule of working time, which provides for a short settlement period not exceeding four weeks. It makes it possible to extend work per week to an average of 43 hours and one day in one week, in two or three weeks of the settlement period, up to 12 hours. When calculating the working time in the discussed system, the number of changes planned by the employer in a given settlement period in the amount of 12 hours is taken into account. The working time is therefore calculated by multiplying 8 hours by the number of calendar days in the settlement period, excluding Sundays, public holidays and non-working days resulting from the working time schedule in an average five-day working week. Then, the number of hours corresponding to the extended weekly working time with a given employer is added to the sum obtained.