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Provisions to amend the Provisions (No. 870 of 1992) respecting workers' protection and the working environment in the petroleum industry (No. 637 of 1995).

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First Region

Norway
Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave; Mining and quarrying workers
1995-07-03
National
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Second Region

Amends s. 14, subsections 1 and 4, s. 17 and 21 and s. 22, subsection 22. The amendments include exemptions for the petroleum industry from the applicability of certain sections of the Act respecting workers' protection and the working environment, inter alia, with respect to hours of work. Trade unions may enter agreements concerning hours of work beyond the limits of s. 41 subsection 5 of the Act respecting worker's environment etc.. Further, instead of rules otherwise applicable, the total (daily) working time, including overtime, must not exceed 16 hours, and the total annual overtime must not exceed 200 hours. At working places bound by wage agreements, special agreements with individual workers are permitted to extend the possible amount of annual overtime to 300 hours.

Serial region

    Serial title
    Norsk Lovtidend, Part I
    Date
    1995-08-26
    Number
    No. 14
    Page range
    pp. 924-925
    ISBN
    0333-0761