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DEU-1993-L-42225
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Title_of_text
Federal Act regarding closing hours for shops.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Germany
Subjects (Classification)
Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave
Adopted on (Date of text)
1993-12-27
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Stipulates the regular closing time for all kind of establishments selling merchandise to the public. Exempted from this basic regulation are some shops such as pharmacies, shops in airports, train and gas stations and bakeries. Employees working in enterprises exempted from the legal closing hours must not work more than eight hours on Sundays and statutory holidays, and the employer is obligated to compensate them with a free afternoon during the following working week if they work for more than three hours, and a completely free day, if they work for more than six hours.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1996-07-30 (DEU-1996-L-44894)
Act to amend the Act on shop closing hours and for the new regulation of hours of work in bakeries and confectionaries.
Amending text(s)
1996-07-30 (DEU-1996-L-44894)
Act to amend the Act on shop closing hours and for the new regulation of hours of work in bakeries and confectionaries.
Monograph region
Monograph title
Arbeitsrecht, Text No. 357
Author
H.C. Nipperdey
Publisher
C.H. Beck Verlag
Country
Germany
Date
1994-12-31
Page range
Munich