This website provides concise information on wages, working conditions and rights of construction workers for all the European Countries in all the European languages. Construction workers can find useful links and contacts of trade unions representatives ready to help and support them in case of need.
Workers can work more than 8 h per day for some days, up to 56 hours per week (60 for seasonal work) and some days less than 8 hours per day / 56 hours per week, but at the end of this period the average working time must be 40 hours a week. In that case there is no overtime.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL BURDEN - work of drivers using heavy motor vehicles in public traffic - work with heavy construction machinery, - work at heights above 25m........min. 15% - work at depths in narrow channels and trenches deeper than 3m .........min. 10% - work on suspended scaffolding ........min. 25% - work on tunnel excavation and rock support/....min. 30-40% - charging and detonating mines .....min. 25 % - caisson and diving works......min. 50%
Standby pay
70
%
of salary per hour
(not less than the legal minimum wage)
Contributions paid by employer and calculated on gross salary: national health contributions insurance 15 %; contribution for workplace injuries 0.5 %; contribution for employment 1.7 %