Gesetz vom 29. Dezember 1966 über die Arbeit in Industrie, Gewerbe und Handel (Arbeitsgesetz; ArG) (Labour Act)

Applies to public and private enterprises, subject to the exclusions in Art. 2 to 4 (Art. 1). Sets weekly working-time limits of 45 or 48 hours, depending on the worker group, and 40 hours for young workers (Art. 9); the Amt für Volkswirtschaft monitors compliance (Art. 41). The consolidated text is the version of 1 January 2019.