Section 27Part 4 — REMUNERATION AND HOURS OF WORK
Standard work week
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Except as provided in section 28 (1) and (2) (relating to overtime, contracting out of overtime and receipt of benefits in lieu of overtime pay), the number of hours comprising a standard work week shall be agreed by contract between the employer and employee but shall not, for full time employees, be less than thirty-seven and one half hours nor exceed forty hours in any period of one hundred and sixty-eight hours.
All employers shall establish a standard work week that —
shall be stated in the contract of employment of all employees; and
shall be applied to all wage-earning employees.
The Governor may for any particular industry or classes of industry by regulation prescribe a standard work week different from the one prescribed in subsection (1).
Defined Terms
standard work week
Cross References
- Section 28 of Employment Act
Overtime pay in general