Working Time Laws : a Global Perspective : Findings from the ILO's Conditions of Work and Employment Database

Cover -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- COUNTRY COVERAGE BY REGION -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 NORMAL HOURS LIMITS -- Introduction -- Weekly limits -- Daily limits -- 2 OVERTIME WORK -- Introduction -- Criteria for overtime work -- Prohibitions and limitations on overtime work -- Overtime limits -- Overtime compensation -- 3 MAXIMUM HOURS LIMITS -- Introduction -- International standards -- National laws -- 4 REST PERIODS -- Introduction -- International standards -- National laws -- 5 HOLIDAYS -- Introduction -- International standards -- National laws -- ANNEX I DAILY AND WEEKLY HOURS LIMITS AND OVERTIME -- ANNEX II REST PERIODS AND HOLIDAYS.