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Period work

Period work is a working time balancing system where daily or weekly working hours may exceed the maximum number of hours prescribed in law (8 h per day or 40 h per week), but the number of working hours is balanced off within a certain longer time period.



Statistics using the definition

Validity of the definition

  • Valid

Source organisation

  • Tilastokeskus

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