maximum hours
Shift time ceiling
Maximum hours refers to the legal or contractual limit on how long someone can work within a given period.
Labor laws often set maximum hours per week to protect workers from exploitation: The factory violated maximum hours regulations.
Employment contracts may specify maximum hours for part-time positions.
The term also appears in contexts like driving regulations for truckers or pilots, where fatigue poses safety risks.
- workweekRegular working days
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- mandatory overtimeRequired work beyond standard hours
- double shiftTwo work periods consecutively
- labor lawsStatutes governing workplace conditions
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- work hoursovertime, work schedules, shifts, shift work, shift schedule
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law