On-call work: 20 hours a week is the rule
If no additional agreement is made between the employee and employer regarding weekly working hours, the legally prescribed 20 working hours per week apply to on-call employees, which must also be remunerated. This was decided by the Federal Labor Court on October 18 in a landmark ruling (5 AZR 22/23). A call-off worker from North Rhine-Westphalia had demanded back pay after she had been employed for fewer hours.
