跟英國同事聊特休假，才知道... - 加班

歐盟在勞動法令相關的部份，有一些大項是相通的，
以下是我節錄自歐盟官網，供大家參考:

(https://goo.gl/MZpzH4)

- Working time and rest (工時與休息)
As an employer, you must ensure that your staff do not work more than 48
hours per week on average (including overtime), over a reference period of up
to 4 months. Your employees must be given at least 11 consecutive hours of
daily rest and at least 24 hours of uninterrupted weekly rest every 7 days,
over a reference period of 2 weeks.
身為雇主，你必須確保你的員工每週工作平均不可超過48小時(含加班)，
參考週期最長至四個月。而在兩週內的參考期間內，
你的員工每天必須給予至少11個小時連續的休息時間，
並且每七天至少要給予24小時不被中斷的週休。

- Breaks (中場休息)
If your employees work more than 6 hours a day, you must ensure that they are
given a break, the duration of which is specified in the collective
agreements or by national law.
如果你的員工工作每日超過六小時，你必須確保他們被給予休息時間，
時長則依據共同的協議或是當地國家法令。

- Annual leave (年假/特休)
Beyond the daily and weekly rest periods your staff have the right to at
least 4 weeks of paid holidays per year. You cannot replace these holidays
with a payment, unless the employment contract has ended before the staff
member has used up all their annual leave.
除了每日跟每週的休息時間之外，你的員工有權享有每年至少四週的帶薪休假。
而你不可付錢去取代這些假期，除非這些假還沒放完之前，
你的員工就已經終結了僱用合同。

- Night work (夜班)
If your employees work at least 3 hours of their daily shift or a certain
proportion of their yearly working time in a period of 7 hours defined by
national law and including the time from midnight to 05:00, they qualify as
night workers.
如果你的員工每日工作裡至少有三個小時，或每年在國家法令定義的七小時工作時數內，
有一定比例是從半夜到隔天早上五點，他們就符合夜班工人的資格。

Your night workers may not work more than an average of 8 hours per 24 hours.
If their work involves special hazards or heavy physical or mental strain,
you should ensure that they do not exceed the daily limit of 8 hours in any
24-hour period.
你的夜班工作人員每24小時不可工作超過8小時。
如果他們的工作內容包含特殊的危險性，沉重的身體負荷或是精神壓力，
你必須確保在任何24個小時內，他們都不可超過每日八小時的限制。

Night workers should also be guaranteed free health assessments respecting
medical confidentiality before they start carrying out night work and at
regular intervals afterwards. If your night workers suffer from health
problems related to the fact that they work nights, you must transfer them to
day work whenever possible.

夜班工作人員在開始夜班工作之前，還有開始夜間工作之後的定期空檔，
也應該保證被給予免費健康評估。
如果您的夜班工人確認患有與夜間工作相關的健康問題的話，
你必須要盡可能的將他們轉移到日班工作。

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當然，另外針對不是一般上下班的職業不受此法規限制:
-醫療院所
-消防相關單位
-某些因為技術性原因而無法中斷的產業
-農業

這些會另有規範我就不討論細節了。

以上這是針對工時的部份，不過國定假日有沒有很大的差異就要各國家比較了。

供大家參考參考。

※ 引述《xavieraho (Xavia)》之銘言：
: 前幾天，英國公司的同事來臺灣
: 聊到年假的話題
: 我跟她解釋，臺灣這邊工作滿半年有3天的假，滿一年就有7天
: 英國同事很驚訝的說：「才7天!?」
: 她說英國這邊一開始就有25天的年假
: 公司還不能不讓員工休假
: 我跟她說在臺灣工作10年也都不可能有25天的年假
: 她下巴都快掉下來了......
: 在臺灣，爭取個休假或調漲薪資，資方就開始威脅政府、勞工
: 政府最後也變成資方打手，勞工只能QQ

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