Working hours

(1) No worker shall be obliged to work on more than six days in any week or for more than nine hours of actual work in any day or forty-five hours of actual work in any week. (2) The gross weekly wages of workers shall not be reduced as a result of the reduction of the maximum weekly working hours and any overtime hours shall be calculated by using the gross weekly wages for a forty-five hour week as the ordinary rate of pay. (3) Notwithstanding sub-section (2), an employer may, with the agreement of the employee, reduce the gross weekly wages of workers and the maximum weekly working hours as a result of– (a) the declaration of a State of Public Emergency CAP. 4. under section 18 of the Belize Constitution; (b) measures taken under any other law to protect public health and public safety.