Doctors' union launches overtime campaign

Germany

The Marburger Bund doctors' union is running a campaign to highlight the massive amount of overtime worked by hospital doctors. The union argues that the 146,000 hospital doctors in Germany work a total of 50 million hours of overtime each year. This is compensated neither by overtime pay nor hours off in lieu. The union wants doctors to keep a record of their hours and the demand will be that no further hours of overtime will be worked unless paid for.
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