8 hours

The Labor Law does not specifically provide for working hours in the catering industry, but the catering industry is also an employer, and the Labor Law stipulates that the daily working hours of workers should not exceed eight hours.

Article 36 stipulates that the state implements a working hour system in which workers work no more than eight hours a day and no more than 44 hours a week on average.

Article 38 stipulates that employers should ensure that workers have at least one day of rest per week.

"Labor Law" employers due to production and management needs, after consultation with the trade union and the workers can extend the working hours, generally shall not exceed one hour per day; for special reasons need to extend the working hours, in order to protect the health of the workers to extend the working hours of the conditions shall not exceed three hours per day, but shall not exceed thirty-six hours per month.

So, working in the catering industry should also comply with the working hours and extended overtime as stipulated in the Labor Law.

Extended Information

If the specified working hours are exceeded, workers can apply for overtime pay from the company. The overtime pay for regular overtime work is 1.5 times the regular working wage.

The Labor Law stipulates that under one of the following circumstances, the employer shall pay wage compensation higher than the wage of the worker's normal working hours in accordance with the following standards:

(1) if the worker is arranged to extend the working hours, a wage compensation of not less than 150 percent of the wage shall be paid;

(2) if the worker is arranged to work on a day of rest and a compensatory day off can't be arranged. pay remuneration of not less than 200 percent of the wages;

(3) where workers are arranged to work on statutory vacations, pay remuneration of not less than 300 percent of the wages.

China Court Website: The Labor Law of the People's Republic of China