Still more progressive than Switzerland to this day. They have normalized 42.5h workweek. You need to work 8.5 hours to be considered a fulltime employee.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

35 hour week ftw. Although many newer people I work with are on 37.5, they only get a half hour lunch.

[–] Flughoernchen@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is a lunch break included here? In Germany it's the norm to work 40h, but (are obliged to) spend an additional 30 minutes there for lunch. So you're at work for 42,5h but only get paid for 40.

[–] Beliriel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Nope, lunch is not included and unpaid (unless specified in contract, but virtually no one pays for lunch). Effectively ypu're at work for 9.5 -10 hours.

[–] red@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's no such thing as a normalized workweek here in Switzerland. Most have 40-42h. The average are ~41h (edit: it seems that number is a few years old and it's now just shy of 40h - but it's too late in the evening to dig deeper). But yea, in certain jobs/industries, it can also be considerable more.

[–] Beliriel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True it's not nkrmalised. That's my bad. All companies I met had more than 40h a week though. And even when I worked in a government owned company it was 42.5h