When Do They Occur?
Normal hours appear when worked hours + hours of absence exceed the contractual hours, due to absences.
🔎 For example, Lina has a 35-hour contract. She works 30 h and has 7 h of absence.
➡️ 30h + 7h = 37h → 2 normal hours (paid at the regular rate).
How They Differ from Overtime
Overtime hours | Actual hours worked beyond 35h |
| Excess hours caused by absences (leave, illness, unjustified absences, etc.) |
💡 Absences that count as actual working time (such as training, medical visits, compensatory rest) do not generate normal hours.
How to Calculate Normal Hours
Case 1: Employee has worked more than their contract hours
Calculation: (worked hours + absences) − worked hours
Result: normal hours + possible overtime hours.
🔎 Example:
Contract = 35h
Worked = 36h
Absence = 7h
➡️ (36 + 7) − 36 = 7 normal hours + 1 overtime hour
Case 2: Employee has worked less than or exactly the contract hours
Calculation: (worked hours + absences) − contractual weekly hours
Result: adjusted normal hours, considering the absences.
🔎 Example:
Contract = 35h
Worked = 30h
Unjustified absence = 7h
➡️ (30 + 7) − 35 = 2 normal hours