1. The Employer may require the Worker to work for additional working hours beyond the normal working hours, provided that they do not exceed two hours per day, and he may not be required to work for more than that except in accordance with the conditions and controls specified in the Executive Regulation of this Decree by law. In all cases, the total working hours shall not exceed one hundred and forty-four (144) hours every (3) three weeks. 2. If circumstances of work require that the Worker works for more than the normal working hours, the extra time shall be considered overtime, for which the Worker shall receive a wage equal to that corresponding to his normal working hours - calculated according to the basic wage - plus an increase of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such wage. 3. If circumstances of work necessitate that the Worker works overtime between 10 pm and 4 am, he shall be entitled to the wage determined for normal working hours - calculated according to the basic wage - plus an increase equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of such wage. Shift Workers shall be excluded from the above. 4. If circumstances of work necessitate that the Worker works on the rest day specified in the employment contract or the work organisational regulation, he shall be compensated with another rest day, or with payment of the wage for that day according to the wage established for normal business days, plus an increase not less than fifty percent (50%) of the basic wage for that day. 5. The Worker may not be required to work for more than two consecutive rest days, excluding day labourers.
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