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A point of comparison - in Norway employers need special dispensation to have workers work more than 100 hours overtime per year (with max 40 regular hours/wee
by e12e 4y ago
A point of comparison - in Norway employers need special dispensation to have workers work more than 100 hours overtime per year (with max 40 regular hours/week and five weeks paid vacation time).
- renewiltord 4y agoTrue, but Norway is an oil nation.
- qwytw 4y agoDenmark, Sweden and a bunch other countries in Europe that have similar rules (probably lower pay though...) are not.
- e12e 4y agoI believe that after a period of strong Norwegian krone - we're now back to normal, and pay is generally better in Sweden and Denmark.
- qwytw 4y agoyeah, interesting. Sweden is pretty close to Norway but Denmark is considerably ahead of Norway. Doesn't seem that a high GDP correlates than much with higher salaries in Norway's case (unlike in Switzerland)
- e12e 4y agoSo is Qatar. (apparently 48 hour week / 8 hour day - two weeks of vacation - overtime to be compensated 25% - unsure about limits?)
- jacooper 4y agoI mean worker rights in Scandinavian countries are rather the exception.
- heywhatupboys 4y agoScandinavia, especially Denmark, are known for having few labor laws. That's the point of the Danish model: few workers' rights