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The Company has reported that workers can refuse overtime, hence considered but evidence of compliance is not available.
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"4.3. Working hours 4.3.1. The work schedule shall be documented and communicated to the Workers and include the hours at which work begins and ends, as well as where these duties shall be carried out. 4.3.2. Working hours must comply with national laws and collective agreements. 4.3.3. Further to clause 4.3.2, regular working hours shall not exceed 48 hours per week, or exceed 60 hours in any 7-day period (except where covered by clause 4.3.4). 4.3.4. Working hours may exceed 60 hours in any seven-day period only in exceptional circumstances where all of the following are met: this is allowed by national law; this is allowed by collective agreement, freely negotiated with the Workers’ organisation representing a significant portion of the workforce; appropriate safeguards are taken to protect the Workers’ health and safety. 4.3.5. Workers shall be provided with at least one day off in every 7-day period or, where allowed by national law, two days off in every 14-day period. 4.3.6. Overtime must be offered fairly, contracted voluntarily and paid in accordance with applicable legislation. It must not be used to replace regular employment. 4.3.7. Workers must be able to refuse to work overtime without any form of penalty. Workers who refuse overtime must not be denied the opportunity to work overtime in the future. 4.3.8. There must be adequate management systems in place to ensure weekly working hours are controlled within the above limits, except in emergency or unusual situations. 4.3.9. Every Workershall be entitled to a period of paid holiday leave each year, which is in line with national law. 4.3.10. Every Worker shall be entitled to take reasonable absence from work on the grounds of genuine incapacity through illness, without financial penalty or threat of dismissal. During any such leave the Worker should continue to receive, as a minimum, a reasonable payment to meet basic needs."