Ministery of Labour’s and the Danish Working Environment Authority’s
Executive Order No 324 of 23 May 2002

S.1 This Executive Order shall apply to employment of persons who have turned 18 years of age.

S.3 The working hours must be organized in a way that ensures the employees a period of rest of at least 11 continuous hours within each period of 24 hours.

S.4 Within each period of 7 days and nights the employees must have one weekly 24 hours day off, which must be placed in the immediate connection to a daily period of rest. The weekly 24 hour’s day off shall as far as possible be placed on Sundays and as far as possible at the same time for all employees working at the enterprise.

S.6 Superiors are included in Sections 3-4 unless they

a)
entirely or principally execute work of managing character and it is not their duty to follow the same working hours as the employees that they are managers of nor is it their duty to follow a pre appointed work rotation.

S.15 Being on call at the work place is not considered to be a period of rest or a 24 hours day off.

S.16 Being on call away from the work place is to be considered a period of rest.

Agreements

S.19 The employer concerned and the employees’ organization may come to an agreement that the daily period of rest for a limited time can be postponed or reduced to 8 hours (In this case you should contact DDFF).

S.20 The employer concerned and the employees’ organization may come to an agreement that the weekly 24 hours day off can be rearranged. Yet there must not be more than 12 days and nights between 2 days off. Furthermore the days off should as far as possible be placed in connection and in a way that at least one day off is placed in immediate connection to a daily period of rest.

S.23 The employer and the employees may – despite Section 20 – come to an agreement on rearranging the weekly day off by appointing a work schedule or by appointing a concrete task. Yet there must not be more than 7 days and nights between 2 days and nights off.

S.24-(1) Agreements under the Sections of this part are only valid if written.
( 2) Agreements made locally according to Sections 22-23 must also go on the enterprises’ records.

S.25 Agreements made according to Sections 19-23 can be cancelled at the same time and after the same procedures which goes for the collective agreement or agreement within the area concerned, unless other is agreed upon.

Administrative regulations
Authorizations and exemptions

S.35 Unless higher penalties are dictated by the Working Environment Act or other legislation, fines or imprisonment shall be imposed those who:

a)
carry out, manage, supervise or permit work to be carried out in contravention of Sections 3-5, 7-10, 12-17

b)
omit to comply with notices issued by the National Working Environment Authority in pursuance to the provisions of this Executive Order.