diff --git a/backend/benefit/applications/migrations/0036_alter_employee_working_hours.py b/backend/benefit/applications/migrations/0036_alter_employee_working_hours.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d16ce4848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/benefit/applications/migrations/0036_alter_employee_working_hours.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("applications", "0035_alter_applicationbatch_handler"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="employee",
+            name="working_hours",
+            field=models.DecimalField(
+                blank=True,
+                decimal_places=2,
+                max_digits=5,
+                null=True,
+                verbose_name="working hour",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/benefit/applications/models.py b/backend/benefit/applications/models.py
index 6aa2f676c2..0430168a06 100755
--- a/backend/benefit/applications/models.py
+++ b/backend/benefit/applications/models.py
@@ -753,8 +753,8 @@ class Employee(UUIDModel, TimeStampedModel):
     )
     working_hours = models.DecimalField(
         verbose_name=_("working hour"),
-        decimal_places=1,
-        max_digits=4,
+        decimal_places=2,
+        max_digits=5,
         blank=True,
         null=True,
     )
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/en/common.json b/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/en/common.json
index 186caa8eba..4fbbd11f9f 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/en/common.json
+++ b/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/en/common.json
@@ -827,7 +827,8 @@
       "number": {
         "invalid": "Virheellinen arvo, ilmoita vain numeroita",
         "max": "Arvon tulee olla enintään {{max}}",
-        "min": "Arvon tulee olla vähintään {{min}}"
+        "min": "Arvon tulee olla vähintään {{min}}",
+        "twoDecimals": "Arvon tulee sisältää enintään kaksi desimaalia"
       },
       "string": {
         "max": "Tämä kenttä voi olla korkeintaan {{max}} merkkiä pitkä",
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/fi/common.json b/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/fi/common.json
index 0f62664773..7671de54d6 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/fi/common.json
+++ b/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/fi/common.json
@@ -827,7 +827,8 @@
       "number": {
         "invalid": "Virheellinen arvo, ilmoita vain numeroita",
         "max": "Arvon tulee olla enintään {{max}}",
-        "min": "Arvon tulee olla vähintään {{min}}"
+        "min": "Arvon tulee olla vähintään {{min}}",
+        "twoDecimals": "Arvon tulee sisältää enintään kaksi desimaalia"
       },
       "string": {
         "max": "Tämä kenttä voi olla korkeintaan {{max}} merkkiä pitkä",
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/sv/common.json b/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/sv/common.json
index 2368a7cfd1..b5e351409c 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/sv/common.json
+++ b/frontend/benefit/handler/public/locales/sv/common.json
@@ -833,7 +833,8 @@
       "number": {
         "invalid": "Virheellinen arvo, ilmoita vain numeroita",
         "max": "Arvon tulee olla enintään {{max}}",
-        "min": "Arvon tulee olla vähintään {{min}}"
+        "min": "Arvon tulee olla vähintään {{min}}",
+        "twoDecimals": "Arvon tulee sisältää enintään kaksi desimaalia"
       },
       "string": {
         "max": "Tämä kenttä voi olla korkeintaan {{max}} merkkiä pitkä",
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/handler/src/components/newApplication/utils/validation.ts b/frontend/benefit/handler/src/components/newApplication/utils/validation.ts
index 829cfc6ab3..afff0b3cca 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/handler/src/components/newApplication/utils/validation.ts
+++ b/frontend/benefit/handler/src/components/newApplication/utils/validation.ts
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ export const getValidationSchema = (
             .nullable()
             .required(t(VALIDATION_MESSAGE_KEYS.REQUIRED)),
           [EMPLOYEE_KEYS.WORKING_HOURS]: Yup.number()
+            .test(
+              'is-decimal',
+              t(VALIDATION_MESSAGE_KEYS.NUMBER_TWO_DECIMALS),
+              (value: number): boolean =>
+                value ? /^\d+.?\d{1,2}$/.test(String(value)) : false
+            )
             .transform((_value, originalValue) =>
               Number(getNumberValue(originalValue))
             )
diff --git a/frontend/benefit/shared/src/constants.ts b/frontend/benefit/shared/src/constants.ts
index 9bd6c70c2b..5f418bb468 100644
--- a/frontend/benefit/shared/src/constants.ts
+++ b/frontend/benefit/shared/src/constants.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export enum VALIDATION_MESSAGE_KEYS {
   NUMBER_INVALID = 'common:form.validation.number.invalid',
   NUMBER_MIN = 'common:form.validation.number.min',
   NUMBER_MAX = 'common:form.validation.number.max',
+  NUMBER_TWO_DECIMALS = 'common:form.validation.number.twoDecimals',
   PHONE_INVALID = 'common:form.validation.phone.invalid',
   STRING_POSITIVENUMBER = 'common:form.validation.string.positiveNumber',
   STRING_MIN = 'common:form.validation.string.min',