10:31 CEST+02:00. Surrounded by luxury at the high-end Geneva hotels where she works, Alcina Esteves de Almeida sometimes goes hungry â her salary, while generous by American standards, is not enough to make ends meet in pricey Switzerland.
California Meal Breaks. California Labor Laws require that employers provide employees with adequate meal breaks. For most occupations, you are entitled to a meal break after 5 hours of work, provided your total days work is more than 6 hours.
The Fair Standards Labor Act establishes the workweek for most American employees at 40 hours in a seven-day period. After 40 hours, overtimeâbase pay plus halfâis required to be paid to the employee for each hour of work. There is no federal limit on the amount of hours of overtime that an employee can be forced to work. Although there is no federal limit to the number of hours that can be worked, OSHA states that there are inherit dangers associated with prolonged work shifts.