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Working hours and overtime

8 hours a day or 48 a week, reduced in Ramadan for Muslims; overtime is the hourly wage plus 50% of the basic wage.

Verify with the official source: this rule changed recently or depends on your case.

Working hours (Art. 98)

  • No more than 8 hours a day (daily standard) or 48 hours a week (weekly standard).
  • In Ramadan: 6 hours a day or 36 a week for Muslim workers.

Overtime (Art. 107)

For each overtime hour the employer pays the hourly wage plus 50% of the basic wage. Recent amendments allow, in some cases, agreeing on compensatory leave instead.

Last reviewed: 2026-11-02