# Council Decision 2009/747/CFSP of 14 September 2009 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Union Satellite Centre, Article 19: Hours of work


1. The normal working hours for staff members shall be 40 hours per week, to be completed in accordance with a general schedule set by the Director.
2. Flexible working hours may be agreed by the Director in accordance with staff members’ personal circumstances or the constraints of their particular work.
3. For exigencies of the service a staff member may be required to remain on standby duty at his place of work or at home outside normal working hours.
4. Overtime worked by staff members outside the normal working hours specified in paragraph 1 shall entitle them to time off in lieu or overtime pay. However, only overtime worked with the prior agreement of the relevant head of division shall be regarded as overtime. Every effort shall be made to keep overtime to a minimum.
Overtime worked shall entitle the staff member concerned:
(a) to time off in lieu; or
(b) where such time off cannot be granted owing to the requirements of the service, to overtime pay calculated at the rate of 133 % of basic salary.
5. Night work: hours worked between 20.30 and 7.00 shall be paid at night work rates; however, if such hours are worked without a break following a day’s work, they shall not be regarded as night work unless they extend into the abovementioned period by more than 1 1/2 hours.
Hours of night work not exceeding the number set out in paragraph 1 shall give entitlement to additional remuneration at the rate of 50 % of basic salary.
Overtime worked at night shall be paid at the rate of 150 % of overtime worked by day.
6. In exceptional circumstances, decided at the discretion of the Director, some staff members may be required to work at weekends. In such cases, the hours worked shall give an entitlement to time off in lieu or to remuneration.
7. Overtime or night work by staff members in grades A 4 or above shall carry no right to compensation or remuneration.
8. The Director shall define the implementing rules in respect of this Article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/747/attachment/1/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-747/attachment-1/article-19
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