But no further regulation of the distribution of individual working time is made. Everybody may work between 6.00 a.m. and 8.00 p.m. as long as he or she bears company s demands in mind. When daily work has been longer or shorter than contractual working hours per day, the difference is credited or debited to the individual time account. Payment is always based on contractual hours, anyway. Both employee and manager have to keep the employee s time account under control by paying attention that no time account balances emerge which cannot ever be compensated anymore.
Company trusts that they work as long as it is required for doing a successful job.
The chairman of Reemtsma works council sees this as a model for non-exempts as well. He hopes that in the future clocking in and out will be given up throughout the whole company.