Rest (Break Time)

Companies must provide workers with rest periods. If working hours are longer than 6 hours, employers must give workers a rest period of at least 45 minutes. If working hours are longer than 8 hours, they must give a rest period of at least 1 hour.

Holidays (Days Off)

Companies must provide workers with at least one day off each week, or at least four days off in a four-week period.

Overtime and Holiday Work

If the company and the worker agree in advance, the company can give workers up to 45 hours of overtime or holiday work per month; or up to 360 hours of overtime work in a year.

If overtime or holiday work is performed, workers can claim overtime compensation. For more information, see the Overtime Pay page.

Paid Leave

Workers may be allowed to take days off of their own choice in addition to their regular vacation days. This is called paid leave. Workers are still paid for the days of paid leave that they take off. For example, as a general rule, someone who works almost every day for a full six months will have 10 days of paid leave. Depending on the number of years of continuous work, the number of paid leave days increases within the range of 10 to 20 days.

Paid leave cannot necessarily be taken at any time a worker wants. For example, if a worker wants to take October 1st off, but the company is very busy and understaffed on that day, the company can tell the worker it is inconvenient and not allow the worker to take October 1st off. In that case, the worker can take a day off on another date that is relatively close, such as October 8th.