Working Hours and Shift Planning in Caritas Institutions - a legally grounded guide for practice. For employee representatives, those responsible for working hours and personnel, employees, and employers in the field of AVR-Caritas. The handbook "Working Hours and Shift Planning in Caritas Institutions" explains the current framework for agreements on working hours between employers and employees based on AVR-Caritas and labor law from various perspectives. Readers will receive reliable and comprehensive information on shift planning in charitable institutions and practical tips for organizing working hours. This book provides all the essential knowledge on this topic: rules for work allocation by the employer and co-determination by the employee representation, possibilities for special service forms (on-call duty, shift work, etc.), rest periods, work breaks, and vacation planning, flexible working time models (part-time, working time corridors, etc.), remuneration for working hours, special regulations for vulnerable groups (maternity protection, youth labor protection, etc.), current developments (short-time work, changes to employee representation regulations, etc.), examples, glossary, and index. Following the very successful books on working hours and shift planning in charitable institutions from 2009 and 2013, this is the third book on this topic published by KETTELER.