How many hours are there in the full-time working week?

Normalarbeitszeit is fixed as 40 hours per week (i.e. 5 x 8 hours). However, many collective wage agreements are based on a 38.5 hour working week (especially in metal processing industries).

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By Michael Bailey

Naturalised Austrian born in SW England, studied in Scotland and living in Austria since 2000.