The weekly rest period must normally fall on a Sunday, subject to statutory exceptions.
For workers allowed to work on Sundays with compensatory rest on another day of the week, Sunday will be considered a working day while the day set aside for compensatory rest will be considered a holiday for all purposes.
If due to work requirements the day of compensatory rest has to be moved to another day of the week, not envisaged in the work schedule predetermined at least 6 days in advance – provided that such a move does not lead to exceeding the limit of 6 days of uninterrupted work – the worker shall be entitled to an allowance equal to 7% of the base pay of a working day.
For workers who work over five working days, the second day of rest is considered to be the weekly rest day.
With regard to the provisions of Article 9 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 66/2003, every seven days the worker is entitled to a rest period of at least 24 consecutive hours, normally coinciding with Sunday, to be summed with the daily rest hours referred to in Article 30, paragraph 9, of this CCNL.
This consecutive rest period is calculated as an average over a period not exceeding 14 days.
Any work done on rest days shall be paid the rate of holiday overtime.
Within the framework of the system of industrial relations set forth in this CCNL, information shall be provided to the stipulating regional trade union organisations on the possible use of this provision.