Definition
Hours Worked include:
a) normal or regular hours of work;
b) overtime;
c) time spent at the place of work such as the preparation of workplace, repairs, maintenance,preparation and cleaning of tools, preparation of receipts, time sheets and reports;
d) time spent at the place of work waiting or standing by for reasons such as lack of supply of work, breakdown of machinery or accident, or time during which no work is done but for which payment is made; and
e) time corresponding to lunch/meal breaks of less than one hour and to short rest periods at the workplace including tea and coffee breaks/meriendas.
These exclude hours paid for but not worked due to vacation/sick/maternity/paternity or other leaves and for regular holidays and rest days/special days; lunch/meal breaks of one hour or more and time spent on travel from home to workplace and vice versa.
To determine the total number of hours actually worked during the reference year (Item 3c) in the absence of actual figures: MULTIPLY the average total number of employed persons (reported in Item 2)by the normal/regular working hours per day (reported in Item 3a) and then by the number of working days per year(reported in Item 3b). ADD to this figure (based on records) the number of overtime hours of workers on ordinary working days and their hours worked when they were required to work on non-working days i.e. rest days, regular holidays and special days during the reference year.
Example:
Total hours actually worked during the year:
(51 employed X 8 hours per day X 302 days per year) + overtime hours on ordinary working days + hours worked on non-working days
= 123, 216 + 2,200 + 275
= 125,691
Note: 8 hours per day, 302 days per year, 2,200 and 275 are assumed figures and may differ in each establishment.
