What is a working time account?

A working time account is an account in which plus hours can be collected or from which minus hours can be reduced.

• Plus hours are the hours that you work more than stated in your employment contract.
• Minus hours are the hours that you work less than stated in your employment contract.

The basis of the account is the working hours stated in your employment contract. Keeping a working time account can also result from a company agreement or a collective agreement. This is particularly the case in temporary work.

It must also be regulated how many plus and minus hours you are allowed to accumulate in the working time account. It must also state how and when you have to make up or use up these hours (plus or minus). Your employment contract, a company agreement or a collective agreement also states whether plus hours are paid or used up as time off in lieu. When agreeing a working time account, the working time laws and the statutory minimum wage apply.