Estonia: bill to allow students and pensioners to work longer hours

On 3 June, the Ministry of the Economy and Communications presented a bill allowing employers to reach agreements on flexible working hours. The idea is that companies will be able to offer up to 10 extra hours of work per week to students, employees who have reached retirement age, those with reduced capacity for work or those whose collective agreement provides for the possibility of reaching a (written) agreement on flexible working hours. In this case, the employment contract could...