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Employment on Sundays and public holidays: Exemption permit (holding in-house and order fairs, employment of employees in the commercial sector)

Service Description

If you, as an employer, wish to employ employees in the commercial sector on Sundays and public holidays to hold an in-house or order fair where special circumstances require extended business transactions, you require an exemption permit.

Who should I contact?

Organizers and exhibitors should contact the responsible regional inspectorate of the Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection (TLV) Occupational Health and Safety Department.

Which documents are required?

The application must include, among other things

  • Address of the trading facility / name of the in-house or order fair or the customary order date,
  • Explanation of the special circumstances that make extended business transactions in the trade necessary; exhibitors may submit a copy of the exemption permit for the organizer,
  • Number of employees to be employed on Sundays and public holidays,
  • Date of the in-house or order fair,
  • intended working hours of the employees concerned.

What are the fees?

The granting of an exemption permit is subject to a fee. The fees are determined in accordance with the applicable schedule of fees or costs.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

The application must be received by the competent authority at least one week before the Sunday/holiday on which employees are to be employed .

Legal basis

Appeal

Application for authorization to employ workers on Sundays and public holidays in accordance with Section 13 (3) No. 2a of the Working Hours Act (ArbZG)

What else should I know?

In the case of an application pursuant to Section 13 para. 3 no. 2a ArbZG, it must be substantiated for each requested Sunday and public holiday on which employees are to be employed that special circumstances exist which necessitate extended business operations in the commercial sector.

An application can be submitted for a maximum of ten Sundays and public holidays per calendar year.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Health

Professionally released on

17.10.2014

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)

Competent Authority

Thüringer Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz (TLV) - Regionalinspektion Mittelthüringen

Postal address
Tennstedter Straße 8/9
99947 Bad Langensalza

Delivery address
Linderbacher Weg 30
99099 Erfurt
Telephone
0361 573831-000
E-Mail
Contact us
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Website of the authority
Parking spaces
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Besucherparkplatz
Number: 10
Fees: no

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Application for authorization to employ workers on Sundays and public holidays in accordance with Section 13 (3) No. 2a of the Working Hours Act (ArbZG)